<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dave </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I use the two punching measurement = method, but hold the two punchings in a normally closed tweezers. But I like your gauge = idea. I'm going to make one and try it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks!</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paul Chick</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A href="mailto:Kdivad@AOL.COM" = title=Kdivad@AOL.COM>Kdivad@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org" title=pianotech@ptg.org>pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 27, = 2001 9:20 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Key Leveling</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a = message dated 01/26/2001 9:57:26 PM Central Standard Time, <BR><A href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A> = writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px" TYPE="CITE"><BR>You stick people. <BR><BR>What methodology do you = use to measure the gap between a key and the stick <BR>to determine how = much punching to use? Do you just eyeball it and get good <BR>at it over = time? And then, do you remove the stick and set aside to add <BR>punchings = to each key, and set it back on the keyboard for the next key? <BR>What is = your sequence? <BR><BR>And Roger, I believe you had the choice words for = the Jaras jig (I'm not <BR>arguing here, just getting info!), what is it = you find to be inadequate in <BR>its performance. It seems to me there = is a bit of wiggle in the rig for it <BR>to be real consistent, but I have = worked most of the bugs out with mine and <BR>it works pretty good, but I = must admit, it does not seem perfect. And I <BR>would like to have = PERFECT key leveling every time. Thanks. <BR><BR>Terry Farrell <BR>Piano Tuning = & Service <BR>Tampa, Florida <BR>mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>Terry, I'm not sure who I got the idea = from but I just make a "feeler guage" <BR>by glueing paper punchings in a line = starting with two .003's half way <BR>overlapping each other and gluing that = overlapped to two .005's and so on.   <BR>Then I glue a handle on the end. = <BR>Works magnificiently, very fast and eliminates the guess work. This concept = <BR>may be hard to visualize so if anyone needs more info please feel free to = em <BR>me privately. <BR><BR>David Koelzer <BR>Associate <BR>DFW</FONT> </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>