<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> Dave,<br> <br> Would you be referring to the brass leaf springs on the jacks contacting the back stops?<br> <br> Tom Cole<br> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</a> wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="midf5.61a459ba.3107a134@aol.com"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name="GENERATOR"> <font id="role_document" face="Arial" color="#000000" size="2"> <div>This piano has been bugging me for a long time.  Perhaps some of you remember it.</div> <div> </div> <div>The problems were:</div> <div> </div> <div>Excessive keydip, yet not enough aftertouch!</div> <div>Bobbling hammers throughout the piano, except for the high treble</div> <div>Spongy feel, as if the felt punchings were really spongy, yet the keys were not even contacting the punchings.</div> <div>Key/action movement felt blocked about halfway through keystroke.</div> <div> </div> <div>Checked key height, seemed excessive at around 65mm, but in the end it checked out</div> <div>okay</div> <div>Key dip was okay.</div> <div>Clearance in all possible affecting rails(damper stop, sticker, and jack stop rails)</div> <div> </div> <div>Clue:  This problem is probably unique to this particular type of piano.</div> <div> </div> <div>Answers later....should be easy for some of you more experienced American techs to figure out.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div> <div><font lang="0" face="Arial" size="2" family="SANSSERIF" ptsize="10">Dave Stahl<br> <br> Dave Stahl Piano Service<br> 650-224-3560<u><br> <a href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</a></u></font></div> </font></blockquote> </body> </html>