<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; = charset=Windows-1252"> <TITLE>Message</TITLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><SPAN class=359042219-26072004><FONT face=Arial>0.2mm, = eh?  ... well ....</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359042219-26072004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359042219-26072004><FONT face=Arial>The key is = simply for the rep height to be very slightly higher than the jack so that the jack can = slip under there easily without creating any discernable lost motion when the = key is pressed. Several factors make a difference, especially rep spring = tension, weight of hammer-shaft-knuckle, etc.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359042219-26072004><FONT face=Arial>You don't have = to feel "0.2mm,"  you just have to feel that there IS a little difference = in the height. I've heard it said that it feels like sliding along a flat = surface until you come up to the edge of an old-fashioned double-edge razor blade = lying on the table.</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359042219-26072004><FONT = face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359042219-26072004><FONT face=Arial>Ow. = </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=359042219-26072004></SPAN><SPAN = class=359042219-26072004><FONT face=Arial></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alan R. = Barnard</FONT></DIV> <DIV align=left><FONT face=Arial size=2>Salem, MO</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr = align=left><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> = Gordon Holley [mailto:gwholley@hi-techhousing.com] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 26, = 2004 12:26 PM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Repetition Lever Height<BR><BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>List.  In regulating a grand = with all new wippens, hammers and shanks, I'm having a problem with determining</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the correct dimension between the top = of the jack and the top of the repetition lever, in setting the repetition lever height.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>On the back page of the March 2004 = Journal, the Yamaha, Little Red Schoolhouse, Step 18 of regulation, says that there = should be</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>0.2 mm between the top of the jack = and the top of the repetition lever.  And yes, I've read all of the other info = provided, but I'm surely not</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that great at a tactile sensation = with a finger to determine 0.2 mm.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And I don't know how to measure the = 0.2mm with a gauge in the lever window.  I read some place that this thickness = is about the same</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>as a business card, but that doesn't help.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone have a better, = step-by-step procedure to follow to set the lever height?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Many thanks in advance</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gordon Holley</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Associate Member</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Chapter 467, Indiana</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Goshen, = IN</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> <BR> <P><FONT SIZE=2>---<BR> Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.<BR> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).<BR> Version: 6.0.719 / Virus Database: 475 - Release Date: 07/12/2004<BR> </FONT> </P>