<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, I have been using the thin hitch = pin felt punchings for my center rail felt in recent years. It is thinner than = most proper "center rail felt punchings". They are thick enough to stop = noise, but they are much more stable than the thicker things. Their use has = drastically reduced key leveling frustration for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=dlbullock@att.net = href="mailto:dlbullock@att.net">D.L.Bullock</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=Alpha88x@aol.com = href="mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com">Alpha88x@aol.com</A> ; <A title=pianotech@ptg.org = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 25, 2004 = 11:15 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: leveling grand keys/heights</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=060501803-26012004>Did you perchance think to level and dip the sharps?  They = are just as important.  New keybed felt will often cause hammer line variation.  You can expect to never be able to replace keyfelts = and level a keyboard without having to reset hammer line.  In fact = each step you take in grand regulation will knock others out.  That is why = to do the job right you must go through it in a definite order and you must = go through is 3-4 times...sometimes more.  Eventually everything = stays where it is supposed to be.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=060501803-26012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=060501803-26012004>Please read the regulation book by Danny = Boone available at Schaff.  It is the best one I have seen plus he = taught me his methods of regulation before he wrote the = book.</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=060501803-26012004></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN = class=060501803-26012004> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>D.L. Bullock  St. = Louis</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A = href="http://www.thepianoworld.com/">www.thepianoworld.com</A></FONT></= DIV> <DIV> </DIV></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT = face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Alpha88x@aol.com = [mailto:Alpha88x@aol.com]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 25, 2004 = 11:07 AM<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> leveling grand = keys/heights <BR><BR></FONT></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT = lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Greetings = list,<BR><BR>          =        I am doing my very first grand regulation. After carefully measuring = the felt punchings thickness, I ordered new ones and replaced both front = and balance rail felt punchings because they were shot. I also replaced = keytops. The new keytops were .03 thicker than the old ones. I knew from the beginning I would have to compensate in the regulation for the new = key heights, and probably some of the residual miscellaneous felt height = as well. = <BR><BR>          &nbsp= ;      At the job site I put lead weights on the keys' backs and levelled = the white keys and then set the key dips on the whites as well. Then, because = I am green at this, I removed the the keyframe from it's bed and replaced = the stack, screwed it down and when I slid it back in, the keys were all = different heights(!) What went wrong? Are the keys supppose to do = this. Are my weights too heavy? Must I consider keyweight when leveling keys? <BR><BR>rookie,<BR>Julia Gottchall,<BR>Reading, PA </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>