<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4915.500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Joseph, if the = keybed has sagged, then the keys have too. How do they look? If they're dipping = down in the middle, then I see nothing wrong with shimming the balance rail and = evening it out with some key leveling from there; probably bring it back enough = where you won't have to do too much work on the dip, but you'll definitely have to = do some. My question would be; is this a warpage problem, or a structural = one. If it's warpage, the above method would be the first one I'd try. If it's structural, fix what's moving so that it won't move in the = future.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    You're right, we = have an obligation to help the children. (God, I don't want to sound like = Hillary, though.)</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 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=josephspiano@attbi.com = href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">Joseph Alkana</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> Wednesday, April 24, 2002 = 5:37 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> keybed not level</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>List,</DIV> <DIV>The problem:</DIV> <DIV>Customer said his keys didn't feel like his teacher's piano. = Turned out that the key dip was about a fat 3/16" for most of the middle of the = piano. This is one of <EM>those</EM> pianos: A "Grand"  console. It = appears that the keybed has sagged. Can any of you suggest an in home repair for = the situation? I know, most of you will say this is a POS or something = like that, but it's the only piano the poor child will have for a few years at = this point. I suppose I could just shim up the balance rail, but the = original problem will still be there. Any suggestions?</DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana  RPT<BR><A = href="mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com">josephspiano@attbi.com</A></DIV></= BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>