<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jurgen asked: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>What preferences are there out there for key end (damper lift) felt?  I <BR>have seen so many different types of felt used.  = How firm should it be?  <BR>In a pinch, would back rail cloth work?  = That's what is on my Renner <BR>action = model."<BR><BR>Jurgen,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>I prefer the fairly hard stuff, unwoven, that S&S has used through the = years. On some pianos that have had a somewhat firm version of Butt Felt, I've found that using the much harder S&S type, tends to = be a bit noisy.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" = size=3>OOOOOH! I just had a Flash! WURZEN FELT would be ideal, = IMHO!!!<G></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Regards,</FONT><BR></DIV></FONT> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>