<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi list,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you ever want to find out how much = changes in the field of piano technology, just take a nice long leave.  When = you come back you will find that some things which were very "fashionable" have = gone by the wayside, or worse, find out that a one time favored method or = whatever is actually considered harmful.  (Sort of makes me think of a very = funny scene in Woody Allen's film, Sleeper.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyway, speaking of damper systems and trapwork--when I first started in the business, I was told by John Ford = (!), to remove the pitman, drill a little hole in the end to insert a center pin = (a small bit of the sharp side protruding).  This would keep the = pitman in place and eliminate noise.  Since I've come back to work, I've read = that folks make the hole in the keybed larger.  So, is it a = toss up, or did I horribly damage all those pianos where I inserted the center pin? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anxiously = awaiting enlightenment!    :-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond = </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>