>I am a new piano tech and I am regulating my 1964 Steinway Model L before I >sell it. The key dip is 11/32 when it should be 13/32 but the hammer blow >distance is 1 15/16 instead of 1 3/4. If I adjust the dip properly the blow >distance will be even larger or it will have too much after touch and if I >adjust the blow distance properly the key dip will be even less. The piano >plays well although I remember it always felt "shallow" even though I liked >that at the time.Any ideas as to what to do? I called Steinway and they were >no help. >Thanks >Larry Trop in Orange County, CA > Larry, There is a fantastic book called "the Steinway Service Manual" by Mr Max Matthias, a former tech at Steinway Hamburg. If you buy this book and study it carefully, you will find all answers. That is what a service manual is for and this is a book about Steinways you understand.... Antares
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