<HTML>Tom, Did you try the piano before you left after it was reassembled? Was the felt on the bottom of the upstop rail pushing down on the keys?? Dave Stahl In a message dated 2/13/03 6:00:24 AM Pacific Standard Time, Tvak@aol.co= m writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Associate members of the li= st, What separates us from the RPTs?  (Besides passing the tests.) &nbs= p; Certainly, experience would be one of the top items on the list.  (= Yes, the list is longer than that...)  Knowing what to look for, having been= there before.  This past week, I added one thing to my list of things to = look for.   Next time... No RPT would have the following problem because he would never have made= the same careless mistake I did.  Therefore, I pose this puzzler to the= associates of the list, because it would just be too easy for the RPTs t= o solve! I recently removed the lost motion from an Everett spinet.  It had = an 'acrosonic' type action where the stickers/lifters go above the end of t= he keys into a flange rail where the key capstan strikes them.  I had = to remove the key cover, of course, and then found that it was still difficult to = reach the capstans under the flange rail. So, I removed the key upstop rail an= d removed each key by hand, and twisted the capstan.  When I finished= I was happy with the results.  I left just a bit of lost motion to each k= ey, hoping to compensate for increased humidity in the summer, and all the hammers = moved along with the hammer rest rail when I pulled back on it.  I put th= e upstop rail and key cover back on and left with my check. Another job (apparently) well done. One week later I got a call from that client: some of her keys didn't pl= ay all the time.  Especially if they were played twice, the second tim= e, no </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>