<!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 6.00.2716.2200" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    That's absolutely = right, Terry. You don't want to feel a "kick-back" in the key, but as strong a rise as = you can get  before that happens. Concert musicians demand quick = repetition, and you can't get that without fairly strong springs. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    That being said, I = agree with the other comments about considering the time of year/humidity = situation. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A></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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</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> Thursday, June 06, 2002 = 2:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: rep springs</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>I don't know how to play the humidity game, but my understanding is that you want them to pop up smartly, but just short = of jerking up, where you get a prominent feeling in the = key.<BR><BR>Fairly quick pop up, but no significant bump felt in key. Is that a good guide?<BR><BR>Terry Farrell<BR>  <BR>----- Original Message ----- = <BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>