<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Are you trying it on = a Baldwin? HHHmmm??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I have one of those, = and it has never failed to turn pins for me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>Kevin E. Ramsey<BR><A href="mailto:ramsey@extremezone.com">ramsey@extremezone.com</A> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pdtek@home.com href="mailto:pdtek@home.com">Dave = Bunch</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, July 18, 2001 = 2:53 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Impact Lever</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I ordered a Mehaffey impact lever from Pianotek. = They sent me one of those adjustable weight levers as is shown in the = Schaff catalog. A rather presumptuous substitution, but I thought I would = give it a try on my own vertical with typical "new piano" pin = tightness.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>With the weight all the way to the end I would = bang this thing over and over without the pin moving. This is not good. Is this particular lever too light? Is the Mehaffey heavier? Does anyone who = has tried both have any insight?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Dave Bunch</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>