Greetings all, I have the lead weights, and have used them when the action stack is also disassembled and I want to rough in the key felting and leveling, but if it is sitting there with the hammers and all put together, it sure is quicker to put the stack on and off with half the screws than it is to take all those weights on and off. With fresh felt, two three passes under a leveling stick are enough to get the keys level, and I can put that stack on and take it off faster than I can install and remove a set of weights. Also, a leveling stick that spans the entire length of the keyboard is the only way I have seen to get a truly level set of keys. If you don't have one, make one! (mine I got on a Pratt Read tour in 1976 and it is laminated with keytop material on both sides. It may be possible to get a cabinet shop to laminate a piece that is 3/8" thick and 1 inch tall with formica on both sides, and then you can run it down a table saw to get it really straight) REgards, Ed
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