Could not send message to USER: jennfee Reason for Mail Failure below: ******************************************************** Message not Delivered. Recipient's Mailbox Over Quota. ******************************************************** Hi List, I am having some difficulty regulating a 1919 Doherty 56" upright. I have done considerable work on this piano including soundboard repair, restringing including new bass strings, new hammers, etc. I have set sample hammer blow at 1 3/4", letoff at 1/8" and hammer checking at 5/8". I am getting insufficient escapement with those dimensions. I started with 7/16" (11 mm) key dip and that isn't sufficient. I get only about 1/32" escapement. I tried setting the blow at 1 5/8" but there was no appreciable improvement. Increasing the dip to 12 mm will give me about 1/16" escapement, but that dip feels too deep for my liking. Increasing letoff to 3/16 seems to me to be the only solution but I feel that this is too great a distance. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks in advance Terry Beckingham Associate Member The Pas, Manitoba. Canada
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