<HTML><HEAD> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19088"></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Backrail cloth is swelling?   Did you check the hammers on the rest rail?  Lost motion?  If the back rail cloth is swollen, the front of the keys will go down, and you'll have less dip.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">Paul McCloud</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2 face="MS Sans Serif">San Diego</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=hardmanwesley84@gmail.com href="mailto:hardmanwesley84@gmail.com">Wesley Hardman</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> 08/01/2011 6:52:03 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] Baldwin Hamilton</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV>Three Baldwin Hamilton studios in different locations have the same problem in which key dip becomes shallow during very humid conditions.  It seems impossible, but the problem clears up when humidity problem is corrected.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any thoughts?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wesley Hardman, RPT</DIV> <DIV>Scottsboro, Alabama</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>