<!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 6.00.2900.3059" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV><EM>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. </EM></DIV> <DIV><EM>Key dip was no more than 8mm and regulation was terribly off as you would expect.</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Why would you expect the regulation way out of whack?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>Looked under fronts and found about an average of 8-10 punchings under each key,also key height is off on several naturals.</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Okay, now I might expect regulation to be off because of the above situation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>I'm open to any suggestions besides gasoline and a match to correct.</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Regulate action.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><EM>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.</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>I suppose it could be most anything, but the obvious starting point would be to see how things work after removing a couple dozen punchings from a couple test keys. Likely removing front rail punchings will give you the dip you need and all will be well (or at least better).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></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"> </DIV> <DIV>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. </DIV> <DIV>Key dip was no more than 8mm and regulation was terribly off as you would expect.</DIV> <DIV>Looked under fronts and found about an average of 8-10 punchings under each key,also key height is off on several naturals.</DIV> <DIV>I'm open to any suggestions besides gasoline and a match to correct.</DIV> <DIV>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.</DIV> <DIV>RU/UP</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>