Applescript assistance keystroke command

Hi guys,
I have written this script but for some reason the like keystroke command w does not work as in it doesn't close the eye tv window. Is there somthing that I have missed. I dont want to quit the app but just close its windows.
if application "EyeTV" is running then
          tell application "Finder"
                    set visible of process "EyeTV" to true
          end tell
          tell application "System Events"
                    tell application "EyeTV" to activate
                         keystroke "W" using command down
              end tell
          tell application "Finder"
                    set visible of process "EyeTV" to false
          end tell
end if
tell application "XBMC"
activate
end tell

try this:
if application "EyeTV" is running then
          tell application "System Events"
                    tell process "EyeTV"
                              set visible to true
                              set frontmost to true
                                        keystroke "W" using command down
                              set visible to false
                    end tell
          end tell
end if
tell application "XBMC"
activate
end tell
your use of tell blocks was overly complex.

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