<!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 6.00.6000.16608" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR>>> Truth be said, I have no answer. I made it work, but didn't really solve <BR>>> the problem.<BR><EM>> <BR>> How long are the tails, tenor and bass? How far below the tail <BR>> is the backcheck top with the key fully depressed (like you're <BR>> getting)?</EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I didn't measure the tails below the shank, but they looked OK. The hammer tail was about 1/4" below the backcheck with the key fully depressed after let off.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial><BR><EM>> I don't know what the current decree from the mountaintop is, <BR>> but for many years the official story was that one mustn't <BR>> expect the bass hammers to check reliably, because they just <BR>> weren't going to. I've watched many a PBS broadcast where the <BR>> overhead shot of the piano in play clearly showed the bass <BR>> hammers conspicuously not checking.<BR>> Ron N</EM><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>That makes me feel a lot better. I haven't had this problem before.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Al Guecia</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>