<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/13/2004 6:49:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, davidlov= epianos@earthlink.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue = 2px solid"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Asuming it is not related t= o some other regulation problem (like weak repetition springs), you could al= ways add material to the top fo the balancier under the drop screw, a thin p= iece of leather, perhaps.  I suspect that the hammers are very worn,</F= ONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Wouldn' t this be backwards? One actually needs to put thinner material= there. However, I suspect the plate's higher than usual. If the string= line's more than, say, 193 mm off the keybed in the middle of the scale, an= d the hammer centers are 145 or below, perhaps a shim under the action feet = would help. I agree that the hammers are too short for the situation.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob Davis</DIV></BODY></HTML>