On Mar 26, 2010, at 11:53 AM, Fred Sturm wrote: > extremely finicky judges And to elaborate on that, keys as much as .001" out of level were not acceptable. (Q Really? How do you achieve that? A By either compressing or "fluffing up by squeezing" the felt punching to get that final .001". Compressing is done by pressing down on the key, using the pinblock as a fulcrum). Checking distance inconsistent by 1 mm was marked down. This is, no doubt, overdoing things for the real world, but if you can achieve this level of detail and consistency, it certainly shows the skill and focus needed to prep pianos in the real world. Regards, Fred Sturm fssturm at unm.edu "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness." Twain
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