<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I find it instructive to also do the balanced = see-saw thing. I make up a few small chunks of wood (or whatever) of = known weight - like 1g, 2g, 3g, etc. After I make the key balance I apply = whichever weight to the front that will make it go down and whichever = weight to the rear to make it go down - you can observe different points of travel = where friction arises. It's kinda neat - for those so = inclined.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><BR><FONT size=2></FONT></FONT></DIV><FONT = face=Arial size=2>> Actually... Terry turned me on to this idea... you do it = the same way as <BR>> you take balance weight... except the stack is off so = there is nothing <BR>> on the keys.  I like to put about 50 grams of = weight on the back of the <BR>> key and then just take up and downweight measurements.<BR>> <BR>> Cheers<BR>> RicB<BR>> <BR>> = Barbara Richmond wrote:<BR>> <BR>> > Ric,<BR>> ><BR>> > I = haven't gotten that far in my studies.  How do you measure that?  = <BR>> > I've just always adjusted keys the "old" way--by touch--how the key = <BR>> > slides down the balance pin and the fit of the = bushings.<BR>> ><BR>> > Barbara Richmond<BR>> > (I wanna be a = touchweight freak.)<BR></FONT></BODY></HTML>