<!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 6.00.2900.3132" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>@page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 77.95pt 1.0in 77.95pt; } P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } A:visited { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: purple; TEXT-DECORATION: underline } P.MsoPlainText { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New" } LI.MsoPlainText { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New" } DIV.MsoPlainText { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Courier New" } P { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman" } SPAN.emailstyle17 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.emailstyle19 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } SPAN.EmailStyle20 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial } DIV.Section1 { page: Section1 } </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=purple link=blue bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>As suggested, I fully regulated my sample note #40 and regulated friction. Friction in key is <2g, wip flange is 2-3g, shank flange is 5g (it was next to zero).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Here's how things shake out:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>DW - 50g</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>UW - 25g</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>F - 12.5g</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>BW - 37.5g</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>R - 5.7</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>SW - 9.0 (medium to medium-low)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>FW - 19.35 (65% or FW max 30g)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>KR - 0.52</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Knuckle - 17mm</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Action Spread - 114.5mm</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Blow - 47mm or 1-7/8"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Dip - 10.65mm or 0.42"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Letoff - 1.65mm or 1/16"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Aftertouch - 0.85mm or 0.030"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I know my letoff is set real close. I could also lessen blow to 1-3/4 which would give me a dip of 9.94mm or 0.39"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Below is pic of leading on #40 (natural in center with 12g lead sitting on top at rear of key cover)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003301c7c193$944f5990$0302a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Below is action at rest</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003401c7c193$94568580$0302a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Below is action at full keystroke (w/ moderate pressure on key - the heavier end of my Spurlock gram weight set)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003501c7c193$94568580$0302a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Full keystroke again, but here you can see knuckle clearing the knuckle, and just kissing the fuzzy exterior of the jack cushion.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:003601c7c193$94568580$0302a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm thinking I got this puppy licked. Am I missing anything? Anyone see something that is out of whack? Can I assume that if I can do 87 more notes like this one that I'll have one slick-playing action? Anything else that would/could improve it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>My next post will contain many thank-you's. I'm afraid if I attempted to try to do justice to that need here, this post would get bumped for being too large!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Jude - you were right about the rep lever pinning - I removed the spring from it and it was blowing in the wind - zero friction. I repinned it for 5g.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>And Jon - you mentioned that the capstan/heel magic line is out the window. Actually, the reason I put that heel extension on there was to get the contact on the magic line - it was way above it originally. You could just watch the original capstan slide along the heel. Now, the contact is right on the magic line at half blow and they move together is perfect unison - no sliding.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Now, the rep-lever/knuckle contact of way out the window - lots of sliding there. Oh well. Thank goodness for Spurlock Teflon powder.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>