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<P align=left><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"></FONT></FONT>I would go for the thinness felt punching and more paper/cardboard. Less compression? </P>
<P align=left>David I.</P>
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<P align=left><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">----- Original message ----------------------------------------><BR>From: <<A href="mailto:Wimblees@aol.com">Wimblees@aol.com</A>><BR>To: <<A href="mailto:Pianotech@PTG.org">Pianotech@PTG.org</A>>, <<A href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A>><BR>Received: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:31:16 EDT<BR>Subject: thick or thin</FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>I am in the process of re-regualting a S&S M, where one of the main problems was that the keys were too low, (they were almost touching the front rail when depress<BR>As I was doing this, I got thinking about this question. Are there any rules of thumb, or what is the general consensus, as to what thickness the wool balance rail punching should be? Should we have thick punchings with fewer paper/cardboard punchings, or<BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></P></BODY></HTML>