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<DIV>Is there any rule of thumb that suggests it is better to raise/shim =
the
entire balance rail upwards rather than use an inch-tall stack of =
punchings on
the center pins to get keys to a proper height?</DIV>
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<DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV>
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<DIV>I just finished installing Wurzen punchings, regulating (plus =
doing the
prep that had never been done) tuning and voicing a 9 year =
old
Steinway B. Man, I worked as fast as I could and it was still a =
3 day
job (insert Gershwin tune here--nice work if you can get it). =
Spilled my
box of punchings again (no, that wasn't part of the three days'
work). The pianist, a university piano professor, was
<extremely> pleased (I got a triple digit tip, too!). Not =
only did
I replace the soft punchings, but there must have been a shortage of =
card
punchings when this piano's keys first got leveled and the dip =
set.
There were tons of blue and green paper punchings--another source of =
the
spongy feel, though I must admit, the colors looked =
pretty. I
quickly went through my on hand supply of thick card =
punchings
replacing the blues and greens. I had just enough! =
This has
taught me to carry extra bags of card punchings on regulation =
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<DIV>BTW, leveling the strings on this piano was a lot easier than the =
last
piano I did--maybe I've gotten stronger. :-)</DIV>
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<DIV>I love doing this kind of work.</DIV>
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<DIV>Have fun!</DIV>
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<DIV>Barbara Richmond, RPT</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>