<!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 6.00.2712.300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>This is usually done on = grands with out removing the stack. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Tip the keyframe up and = forward at the piano, raise the key, insert the slit punching <U>under</U> the felt = punching.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Bob</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#0000ff>Moffatt & = Sons Piano Atelier<BR>Calgary, Alberta - Canada<BR>Tel. 403 243-0385</FONT> <BR><A href="mailto:moffattr@cadvision.com">moffattr@cadvision.com</A></FONT><= /DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> </DIV> <DIV> <HR> </DIV></FONT> <BLOCKQUOTE 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"><B>From:</B> <A title=Bigeartb@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Bigeartb@AOL.COM">Bigeartb@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: getting = punch(y)ings</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>But while we're on this subject, some technicians = evidently level <BR>the keys by cutting a "V" in the punchings so they can = insert them without <BR>removing the keys. Do you know anything about this = technique? Is is <BR>acceptable practice?<BR><BR>Tommy Black<BR>Decatur, Ala.<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>