<HTML>John Hartman writes [titled Re: Key Leads and Inertia]= : <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">If you use top plates you have to be careful they don't interfere with the fall board. </BLOCKQUOTE> John and others, I looked at your picture of the added top plates, and have a question. Part = of the stiffness comes from the taller beam and part from the species. Would= it do any good to rout out part of the top of the key and replace it with a= stiffer species, say maple, or would that be insignificant if the key heigh= t remained the same? Same goes for shoes. Bob Davis</HTML>