<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>It is good to check the = play between the wooden capstan and the center pin in the key slot. </FONT><FONT = face=Arial size=2><FONT color=#000080>I do this by pressing  the key = down on the back rest felt with one hand and with the other hand, moving the wippen = assembly up and down. If there is to much play I usually change = the small felt strips that are  glued around</FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2><FONT color=#000080> the center pins in the key slots with thicker = felt. This gives a better control and avoids clicking noises.</FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000080 size=2>Pierre = Gevaert</FONT> </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=quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr href="mailto:quentin.codevelle@tiscali.fr">Quentin Codevelle</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 19, = 2005 8:02 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> More Erard Pics, and a = few questions</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can detach the capstan-whippen = assembly, you just have to force a little bit because the base of the whippen is = only "clicked" on a centerpin in the key slot. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you force a little bit, you'll = hear a click, and the key will be free.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The advantage of this action is that = you can level the keyboard very easily, because even with the whippen clicked = on the key, you can lift the key and take it off the balance pin to insert = your punchings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Be careful of the jack's elbow (which = comes in contact with the let off capstan), because on old erard grands, they = sometimes break when you lift the key.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the URL that you = lost:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A = href="http://fractales.inria.fr/~louchet/perso/pianos.html">http://frac= tales.inria.fr/~louchet/perso/pianos.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did you try to contact the guy from = the website again? Last time his email adress didn't work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bye!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>