<!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 6.00.2800.1586" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Jurgen,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Your just trying to sell more punchings. Grin.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Fenton</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com href="mailto:pianoforte@pianofortesupply.com">Jurgen Goering</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, February 26, 2007 10:37 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: new Hamilton</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>8 - 10 paper punchings under the front rail felts shouldn't be a problem. That amount, and up to 12, corresponds to NY Steinway specs, at least on the recent D I worked on. Funny, those Youro Peon piano companies - you know: Grotrian, Schimmel and so on - seem to think you shouldn't put more than 4 paper/cardstock punchings under the front rail felts. I think they are just being cheap. A real luxury piano has LOTS of paper and cardboard it it. Too bad the dip is already so shallow on the Hamilton, otherwise a person could add more paper!!<BR><BR><BR><?smaller>Jurgen Goering<BR>Piano Forte Supply<BR>(250) 754-2440<BR>info@pianofortesupply.com<BR>http://www.pianofortesupply.com<?/smaller><BR><BR><BR>On Feb 26, 2007, at 8:08, pianotech-request@ptg.org wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-smaller>----- Original Message -----<?/x-tad-smaller><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-smaller> <?/x-tad-smaller><?/fontfamily><BR>Tuned this new Hamilton grand at dealers just before Christmas. No big deal, not great ,but no real major problems. Went back last week after a prolonged cold snap here in the NE.<BR>Key dip was no more than 8mm and regulation was terribly off as you would expect.<BR>Looked under fronts and found about an average of 8-10 punchings under each key,also key height is off on several naturals.<BR>I'm open to any suggestions besides gasoline and a match to correct.<BR>My first thought is to redo height and dip and then regulate,but could this be a key frame problem? Humidity level has not been over 30% in this room.<BR>RU/UP</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>