First grand regulation /Julie

[Richard Brekne]

 Regulating the capstan has nothing (should have nothing :) ) to do with 
leveling keys.  If there is a gap between the capstan and the whippen 
heel.. then something is pretty darn wrong... right here in River City.

This  is one of the better places to start looking for the kind of 
advice you are asking.

http://www.pianotuning.com/books.htm

Look down the page a bit... Piano Action Hand Book, and the book right 
below it.


Cheers
RicB

> I am doing my first grand regulation and have a question. If the 
> whippen and key capstan have "lost motion" thereby making the key 
> levels have all different heights, then does turning the capstan take 
> care of the key levels as well as adjust the hammer blow distance? In 
> other words are they one and the same adjustment?
>
>               Without having a spec manual, is there a general rule of 
> thumb for obtaining the correct hammer blow distance on grands? The 
> piano is a Hazelton Brothers 6' grand.


> rookie,
> Julia Gottchall,
> Reading, PA