<html> <head> <title>Action modification results.</title> <style type="text/css">  </style> </head> <body> <div>Jon,</div> <div> </div> <div>When you move the stack are you not changing the strike position?   I'm missing something here, probably...I'm assuming you moved the stack towards the balance rail...how do you compensate for changed strike position?<br /><br />David Ilvedson, RPT<br />Pacifica, CA 94044<br /><br /></div> <div> <hr />Original message<br />From: "Jon Page" <jonpage@comcast.net> </jonpage@comcast.net><br />To: pianotech@ptg.org<br />Received: 2/5/2007 8:06:33 PM<br />Subject: Action modification results.<br /><br /> <div>><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Do you mean change the knuckles and rekerf to 18.5 mm or new shanks/flanges with</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">>18.5 knuckles?   I take it the capstans were in the optimum spot?</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br /></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The old knuckles came out easily and I cut the slot further out and used a shim</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">alongside the core on reinstalling.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br /></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The KR is .51, moving the capstans forwards was considered (since they were</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">on the rear portion of the cushion) but I opted for stack relocation which corrected</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">the strike line.</font>   The stack was not placed properly at the factory, go figure.</div> <div><br /></div> <div>I'm finding quite a few mis-located stacks even on famous makers.</div> <x-sigsep> </x-sigsep>  <pre>-- </pre> <div><br />Regards,<br /><br />Jon Page</div> </div> </body> </html>