<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You can detach the capstan-whippen = assembly, you just have to force a little bit because the base of the whippen is only "clicked" on a centerpin in the key slot. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you force a little bit, you'll hear = a click, and the key will be free.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The advantage of this action is that = you can level the keyboard very easily, because even with the whippen clicked on the = key, you can lift the key and take it off the balance pin to insert your punchings.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Be careful of the jack's elbow (which = comes in contact with the let off capstan), because on old erard grands, they = sometimes break when you lift the key.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here is the URL that you = lost:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A href="http://fractales.inria.fr/~louchet/perso/pianos.html">http://frac= tales.inria.fr/~louchet/perso/pianos.html</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did you try to contact the guy from the = website again? Last time his email adress didn't work.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Bye!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>