<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> Bob Tate wrote: <blockquote cite="mid:%3C68306.74060.qm@web59711.mail.ac4.yahoo.com%3E" type="cite"> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-stretch: inherit;" valign="top"><br> <br> Bob at Pianotek was helpful.  He suggest adding 1/2 punching to the key at the balance rail. My puncings are scarlet (.055). Not having any, I used several layers of maksing tape to get up to about .033, in the shape of a regular puncing, cut in two, and stuck them on --facing the right way-- at the balance pin hole of the key.<br> <br> This indeed did lighten the feel of the piano, but it caused it to be sluggish. Plus it raised the key height 1/16 and the back end, nearly 3/8" (which makes since with the leverage as we calculated is above that 6.2 to 1.<br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </blockquote> <br> The way I've done this (and I'm pretty sure that I learned this from somebody else on this list) was to use the existing punchings. Apply a very small amount of glue to the bottom of the key  just behind the balance holes, and reinstall the keys. Once the glue has set remove them and slice off the front half of the punching with a sharp blade. Done this way it shouldn't affect the key height much at all - certainly it won't raise it. My question would be is there really a difference between this and moving capstans - from a warranty-voiding perspective, that is. And if there is...should you really care?<br> <br> - Mark Dierauf<br> </body> </html>