<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; cha= rset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fffff= f"> <DIV>I have always been pretty careful to have the rep lever pinned also som= ewhere between 6-7 grams.  Pinning of course if a whole "nuther" subjec= t but consistency is the key.  If the rep is too fast then the spring n= aturally gets regulated to a more weak position, and on Steinway whippens af= fects the jack return ability.  If the spring is too weak the jack is s= low.  In my experience the only way to get better repetition is to incr= ease the friction of the rep pinning. All of this can get muddled if the spr= ing slot is full of gunk and not milled properly.  My recent complaint = about the milling of the slot is that too many of the new ones that I see ha= ve some roughness that has to be removed and then relubricated.  Also o= ccasionally the springs are too long in the jack causing it to hit the back = of the jack, slowing things down considerably. Ok, I'll add that if in = regulating someone has pulled the springs out to the side too far that&= nbsp;occasionally the spring will be riding at a slight angle in the slot wi= th the front and back of the curve of the spring riding on the sides of the = slot instead of the center. While I'm at it, I also resurface all the NY par= ts on the repetition lever window and the jack top, front and tails.  I= use 1200 paper and then reapply a lubricant like McLube.  If you use a= n old fashioned burnisher for this after the paper you will crush and harden= the surface of the jacks and reps making a very smooth surface which I have= found is very noticeable by pianists. Oh well could go on but .......TP</DI= V></BODY></HTML>