<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 12/11/2006 3:50:02 AM Pacific Standard Time, deanmay@pianorebuilders.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Any tips, David? Do you just align visually, or do you use some other standard as well? It has always bothered me that after my visual alignment there sometimes is one that shows up kicking out prematurely. Makes me think there is likely others adjusted too far the other way. </SPAN></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">I'm not David, but I'll answer anyway. One old trick is to use toothpick ends inserted into the felt to expand it and cause the jack to be farther out. If it needs to be farther in, someone mentioned ironing or scalpel. I find the scalpel a little hard to protect in my particular tool kit, so I also like the X-acto knife. You can get a scalpel-like blade (which is separable from the handle for storage), and tease it behind a layer of the felt as you pull with tweezers. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">The adjustable ones are certainly easier to get a fine adjustment on quickly, and with the action still in the piano - I'm glad they changed. They aren't theoretically perfect, because of the extra mass added to the jack and the uneven compression of the felt, but worth the tradeoff because they encourage more frequent adjustment.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style">Bob Davis</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>