<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Yes that would be backwards--I stand corrected.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=BobDavis88@aol.com href="mailto:BobDavis88@aol.com"></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> 5/13/2004 9:41:09 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: drop screw question</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/13/2004 6:49:54 AM Pacific Standard Time, davidlovepianos@earthlink.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>Asuming it is not related to some other regulation problem (like weak repetition springs), you could always add material to the top fo the balancier under the drop screw, a thin piece of leather, perhaps.  I suspect that the hammers are very worn,</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Wouldn' t this be backwards? One actually needs to put thinner material there. However, I suspect the plate's higher than usual. If the string line's more than, say, 193 mm off the keybed in the middle of the scale, and the hammer centers are 145 or below, perhaps a shim under the action feet would help. I agree that the hammers are too short for the situation.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bob Davis</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>