rep springs

[Farrell]

I don't know how to play the humidity game, but my understanding is that you want them to pop up smartly, but just short of jerking up, where you get a prominent feeling in the key.

Fairly quick pop up, but no significant bump felt in key. Is that a good guide?

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Wimblees@AOL.COM>
To: <caut@ptg.org>; <Pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:50 AM
Subject: rep springs


> I have been taught (and it says so in the regulation manuals), that the rep 
> springs should be adjusted so that there is a "gentle rise," when you let up 
> on the key. This winter I regulated all of the main pianos in the school, 
> including the piano faculty pianos, with the rep spring set to give me that 
> "gentle rise." Now, all of a sudden, piano players are complaining about poor 
> repetition, and when I check out the pianos, there is almost no rise at all. 
> 
> Once upon a time I heard that the springs will change with the change in 
> weather. But what is happening? How come all of my rep springs are flat? 
> Inquiring minds want to know.
> 
> Wim 
>