<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1522" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>Paul said: " <DIV><FONT size=+0>As far as the upstop rail is concerned, you need to set it by using a</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>black key fully depressed. Leave a very minimal travel of the damper while</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>the key is depressed. It's ok to have the dampers lift minimally, assuming</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>the damper felt fully clears the strings. If your trapwork is properly</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>adjusted, you won't have a problem."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Paul,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Totally agree.<G> Yesterday, I was tuning a Kawai KG-2C and hated the touch. Checked the Upstop clearance...sure enough, way too high! Right now it's colder'n hell and the wind is blowing. I was in a nice warm Sanctuary and really didn't want to schlep out to the car to get my modified clothes pins, just to set the darned rail. Soooooo? What to do? <G></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>As I carry 6 wide rubber mutes in my tuning kit, I thought...why not? Played the sharps at the end of each section, put a mute under the felt, to the height where the damper heads no longer winked. As this piano has one continuous upstop rail, all I had to do was loosen all of the screws and let it drop onto the raised damper levers. Cinched the screws, reinserted the action for testing and...tada!</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV>Regards,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T. (Oregon)</DIV> <DIV>Captain, Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>