<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Is the piano regulated properly?  Is there = excessive dip on these notes?  Is the blow too short?  Is the spread = correct?  All these things can contribute to too much jack travel.   = Need more data.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>David Love</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Wimblees@AOL.COM = href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM">Wimblees@AOL.COM</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> ; <A = title=Pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> August 19, 2002 8:02 = AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> jack hitting = h.flange</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>I regulated = a B Friday, and now there are about 3 or 4 notes in the octave just above the = break where the jack is hitting the hammer flange on a hard blow.  Upon close = inspection, when I bring the wippen up, I can make the top of the jack = touch the bottom of the hammer flange on some of the notes, but not on = others. I can't seem to figure out why it is doing it. What makes the jack stop = it's upward motion when the wippen is pushed up? <BR><BR>Wim </FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>