<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </STYLE> <STYLE>v\:* { BEHAVIOR: url (#default#vml) } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 5px 10px 10px; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bgColor=#ffffff background="" scroll=yes> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hello Larry.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I once ran into the same problem.  I shimed the wooden cores with paper and reported no problem so far (5 years, I think).  I guess that two things are important here : the knucles must hold in place and they must be very carefully aligned.  But I am curious to see other's comments.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Best regards.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ltpianoman@adelphia.net href="mailto:ltpianoman@adelphia.net">Larry Trischetta</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, December 03, 2006 4:35 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Knuckle question</DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV> <TABLE id=INCREDIMAINTABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%" border=0><TBODY> <TR> <TD id=INCREDITEXTREGION style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" width="100%"> <DIV>List... I have a set of knuckles to install and the wood core is slightly narrower than the slot (it reaches the bottom). Is it acceptable to install and let the glue fill in the gap or should I shim it with paper or anything else? Or is it unacceptable to have a wood core that isn't snug? Thanks for your help.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Larry Trischetta</DIV> <DIV>Chapter 186</DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV></TD></TR> <TR> <TD id=INCREDIFOOTER width="100%"> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width="100%"><FONT size=2></FONT></TD> <TD id=INCREDISOUND vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD> <TD id=INCREDIANIM vAlign=bottom align=middle></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><SPAN id=IncrediStamp><A href="http://www.incredimail.com/index.asp?id=99000"><SPAN border="0" name="imgCache"></SPAN></A></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>