My dad used to store his balance rail punchings on a long rod that was threaded on both ends. At the ends were washers and nuts that kept the felt punchings compressed so the key level wouldn't go out so soon. I've also heard of ironing the punchings. All I do is tap the assembled felt, paper punchings and key with an old wooden thread spool centered over the balance rail pin. I hit the spool with a small hammer; this settles everything in and frequently requires more punchings be added. I believe I achieve stability sooner this way. Diane Hi Roger, Interesting you should bring this up... You wrote: > Walloping the felt punching with a hammer on a hard surface, is preferable > to removing material. I've seen another tech doing this on occasion. I was never taught to do this, and had already been swapping punchings for a year or two before I saw it, so it's not a habit I picked up. What I wondered about was... do those punchings that get 'walloping' maintain their smaller dimension pretty faithfully, or do they tend to return to where they were before the walloping? I can't remember ever seeing or hearing the question or the answer. Any thoughts? Brian Trout Quarryville, PA btrout@desupernet.net ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
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