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Borys Medicky <[log in to unmask]>
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Sat, 6 Nov 2010 12:40:26 -0500
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Michael Johnson wrote:

"In order for you to get the key working at its 
best, you will be need to make sure the balance pin is slightly forward 
of upright to give that total freedom, this is an important detail and I 
have found on some instruments, when you depress the key you feel a 
variation in the resistance because that has not been understood."

Thanks for sharing this item, Michael.  When you say "forward", do you mean the pin is tilted towards the front of the keyboard?  And is this accomplished by drilling the balance pin hole a bit canted, or do you bend the pins a little once they're in?

BM

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