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<font size=3>At 10:41 PM 07/09/2001 -0400, you wrote:</font>
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<dd>I am having a set of new keys made for an 1899 S&S model A. I have a choice of relocating the balance rail to set up the key ratio however I want. Is there any benefit to having a lower key ratio and a shorter knuckle to center pin distance versus a higher key ratio and a longer knuckle to center pin distance? Or is it six of one...?</font><font size=3>
<dd> </font><font size=2>See you in Reno.</font><font size=3>
<dd> </font><font size=2>David Love</font><font size=3></font></blockquote>
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Since your action spread is set, then knuckle radius is selected to result in the jack being 90 degrees<br>
to the shank at rest. Key ratio is determined by the best regulation (jack clearing knuckle).<br>
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Bob Hopf wrote for the Journal a few months ago: Action Elevations.<br>
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regards,<br>
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Jon Page, piano technician<br>
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.<br>
<a href="mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net" eudora="autourl">mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net</a><br>
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