Grand Regulation Compromises

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
Wed, 28 Nov 2001 11:51:44 -0600


At 12:05 11/28/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>Dear Regulatory Experts:
>
>I am doing a bench regulation on a 1972 Aeolian grand action. Keys are
>level. Specs say 1-3/4" blow, 1/16" letoff, and 3/8" dip. Sounds about
>right. Set hammer line for 1-3/4" blow and letoff to 1/16" and I need about
>0.44" of dip with 0.050" aftertouch. To get the dip down to 0.4", I need to
>reduce blow dist. to 1-1/2", or have minimum aftertouch.


I R no xpurt, but which Aeolian grand?

In the PTG Action Handbook (1971 Ed) many of the aeolian names had 1/8" 
letoff and 13/32"(.406) dip.


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