<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>"They should be 'hung'_on_the front side of the backcheck."</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Where does one start with a suggestion like this? This is kinda = like telling the little kid with his face in the cereal bowl - "why don't you = try the spoon?"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have jammed a few actions into their cavity with the dog-gonned = lead hanging off the back only to ram into the underlevers - and spout out a = few choice words.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ya know, maybe next time I will use the leads......but hang them on = the front side of the backchecks! I'm just sittin' here scratching my head = wondering how in the world something so obvious could elude me (and others = also???) for so long.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thank you Jon. Thank you. Thank you.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell <SPAN = id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=jonpage@mediaone.net = href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net">Jon Page</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 18, 2001 = 1:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: key leveling -- = crown?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3>At 10:29 AM 11/18/2001 -0800, you = wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">Sure sounds like something is = moving.  If you find out just what, I'd like<BR>to know.<BR><BR>I always clamp = the key frame to make sure it is in contact with the bench.<BR>Sometimes = even in the middle of the front rail.  I haven't actually leveled<BR>that = many keys.  It's more fun to make tools than to use them.  I'm only<BR>half joking when I say maybe you should use go bars all over = the frame.<BR><BR>The problem, as someone suggested, in leveling in the = piano, is that there<BR>is no room to install the weights on the = backchecks, the stack isn't on<BR>(that may affect the height) and you have to sit = so low that it is<BR>uncomfortable.<BR><BR>I'm assuming you use the weights = hanging off the backchecks.  They are<BR>probably heavier than the = stack.  All these small variables add up, but I<BR>still feel doing at least = the major leveling on the bench is more<BR>productive.  Especially = when you are refelting the whole keybed.<BR><BR>Let me know if you come up = with any ideas as to why that is happening.<BR><BR>Thanks;<BR><BR>Carl = Meyer  Assoc. PTG<BR>Santa Clara, California<BR>cmpiano@home.com</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I would like to = mention something about the attachment of the clip-on lead weights.<BR>They = should not be 'hung'_off_the back of the backcheck. This has a tendency to = lift<BR>the front of the key higher than the weight of the action would, giving it = a false height.<BR><BR>They should be 'hung'_on_the front side of the = backcheck. The action will fit better<BR>into the action cavity.<BR><BR><FONT size=3><BR>Regards,<BR><BR>Jon Page,   piano = technician<BR>Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<BR><A href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:</A>jonpage<A = href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" eudora="autourl">@mediaone.net</A><BR><A = href="http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/" = eudora="autourl">http://www.stanwoodpiano.com</A><BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~= ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>