re- sharp key height

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Fri, 11 Jul 2003 17:48:07 +0200



James Perkins wrote:

> Thanks Isaac and others for your helpful suggestions and measurements.
>
> My problem, as you may have guessed, is with regulation.  With sharps
> at 12.5mm high I cannot get enough hammer lift to reach string height
> unless the sharps dip beneath the white keys.

In this case, something is pretty wrong,,, right here in River City. 12.5
mm of key dip should be a veritable canyon. What is your blow distance...
ie distance from the top of the hammer to the strings at rest ?
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Richard Brekne
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