<!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 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Friends,  I have totally regulated = a Young Chang  G-175 ( steamed, filed , and dry ironed the hammers,totally transformed the tone).  Turned into a pretty nice used piano. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    BUT, the thing was = purchased by a recording studio on a fixed budget.  They loved the tone, the = feel, etc.  But we feel that the action is just too noisy, for their = use.  I have pretty well determined that the culprits are hard and = indented whippen cushions (already steamed them, turned out well, and much = quieter, for awhile at least), and the back rail felt.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    My question is, just = how much key end contact do you need back there, anyway?  They have beveled = off the ends of the keys, and they have 2 1/2 inches of back rail felt, and the = keys thump down on about 2+ inches on the ends.  Just how much width of = back rail felt do you need back there?  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Need suggestions, = please!!  How to further quiet this puppy down?  Don't think it is the = knuckles, as much as the whippen cushions, and now, the back rail.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Clark Sprague, RPT.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>