<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=UTF-8 http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charse= t=utf-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">You bring back memories.  As others h= ave said,, you need to take up the lost motion between the wippins and the k= eys to put the wippin and hammer weight on the backs of them.   I = don't know about the rest of the gang, but I don't do dip until the letoff a= nd drop have been done and their is proper tension on the rep springs. Then = I bring the dip up or down to achieve the proper amount of it,(dip), and aft= er touch. The dip is usually not shallow after a proper key level on an olde= r piano. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">    As a short cut I do a q= uick preliminary check on rep spring tension adjustment before I remove the = stack.  If needed I add just some tension to prevent the wippin from co= llapsing when I raise the hammer off the rail.  This lets me do the ham= mer line only once. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Arthur Marino</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>