Terry, Gain some room by replacing the key rest felt with thinner material? Joe Goss ---------- > From: Terry Beckingham <beckingt@mb.sympatico.ca> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Re: Regulating Woes > Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:48 AM > > Hello Cia, > > I don't believe the key height is too low. When I got this piano it had > piles of cardboard shims under all parts of the keyframe. The bottoms of the > keys were actually above the key slip. I removed all of the shims and only > inserted shims where necessary to level the keyframe. My key height is now > just under 2 3/4". I think this is a little high but I cannot go lower. I > used the thinnest felt punchings on the balance rail pins and leveled from > the highest key that had no paper punchings under it. I don't have the specs > for this piano, but key height should probably be about 2 1/2". I could > probably go a little higher, but not very much or I would end up once again > with the key bottoms above the keyslip. > > That's one more item I can try though. Maybe that is why there was so much > cardboard to begin with. Thanks for the suggestion. > > Terry Beckingham > > At 02:40 AM 7/20/99 EDT, Cia wrote: > >Terry, > > Have been following the thread on this , and I am curious > >....where was your key height? Key height must be sufficient to provide > >enough key travel to allow room for the action to work properly . If key > >height is too low for the strike distance, you will not be able to get enough > >escapement , and you will end up sacrificing correct letoff and/or dip. I > >leaned this the hard way! > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Cia > > >
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