<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: shank strike weights</TITLE> <STYLE type=text/css></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER= -LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none"> <P> </P> <P>Is that because of the problem of children chewing on keys?....= <BR></P> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>(Yeah, I know, lead is soon to be banned in European pianos, and m= agnets are the next best substitute......if you're unwilling to conside= r helper springs. Yeah, and also magnets are no more than a substitute = for lead, whereas David's is a comprehensive system to analyze whether = the amount of counterbalancing asked for by the action is reasonable, a= nd further to make sure that everything measured as a part of that anal= ysis can be made as smooth as possible.)</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>It's still an exciting frontier.</DIV> <DIV><BR>Bill Ballard RPT</DIV> <DIV>NH Chapter, P.T.G.<BR><BR>Reality is the first casualty of technol= ogy<BR>    ...........NPR Commentator Daniel Schorr</DIV= > <DIV>+++++++++++++++++++++</DIV></DIV> <P> </P> <P>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, California<BR></P></BODY></HTML>