<!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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just replaced the brackets on a = Y&C. I brought it home so I could do it on a bench that was the right height. I = set my boards to string height and roughed in blow distance and jack = position( 1/4" out). Started through letoff and the sharp dip was about right but = the whites, the dip was so shallow the hammer rise was shy of letoff by = 1/2". I know you can't set dip out of the piano and realized I should have measured = the dip because now I'm wondering if the tech that wound all the adjustments = out, messed with the dip so as not to break the jack off against the stop. In this = case, the drop screws came up 3 turns and the let off buttons 5 turns. So now I'm = thinking I should have shimmed the balance rail up to get enough dip so I = could set let off. My aching back tells me I'm doing way too much work in the = piano. It would be so nice to duplicate the bedding, so the amount of refinement = in the piano was minimized. Dale Erwin said I could take sample dip = reading of every C and shim the rails to duplicate the dip. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anybody have any other methods? = Would it be better to take the sample dip readings at the notes next to the bedding bolts.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Your thoughts please.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Keith R</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>