Steinway regulation

[Bill Ballard]

At 6:09 AM -0400 5/20/99, JIMRPT@AOL.COM wrote:
>Bill;
> This may be a semantics thingee but.............how do you set "aftertouch"
>on the workbench when you just have the keys and keyframe in front of you?
>Specifically, how do you set .050 aftertouch in that siuation ?
>Jim Bryant (FL)

I wouldn't expect to. It is always done in the piano, usually halfway
through the mechanical reg. You need for the blow and let-off to have
settled down and the jack-knuckle has to be in place. (Keyframe bedding is
done long before that.) And it's good practice to make sure that everything
has had at least a rough pass. But the final pass on drop, rep lever
height, rep spring and check are based all on aftertouch.

Anything done with the front rail punchings done on the bench is usually
more a rough dip, just fat enough to insure I can set a letoff. The
scenario here usually involves starting the keyframe off with fresh felt.

Bill Ballard, RPT
New Hampshire Chapter, PTG

"Can you check out this middle C?. It "whangs' - (or twangs?)
    Thanks so much, Ginger"

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