<HTML>Alan, I've done this exact thing with this exact piece of equipment.  If = you want to find it, by some new ones.I bought a set of three(they  onl= y sell them in threes, you know!), and the missing stylus showed up less tha= n hour afterward! Dave Stahl In a message dated 8/29/03 3:38:07 PM Pacific Daylight Time, tune4u@eart= hlink.net writes: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-= LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Dropped the little stylus d= oohickey from my iPAQ  through the strings (5th octave) on an old Chick= ering quarter grand. It has disappeared into another dimension, apparently. No where was it t= o be found in the action, the key frame, the key bed, on the floor, the damp= er tray and monkey's etc. I searched for that thing for OVER TWO HOURS. Everything in works just fine. No foreign object interfering with with p= iano action ... . . . . . . . . . . .       "Am I on Candi= d Camera?" </BLOCKQUOTE> </HTML>