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[Susan Kline]

At 09:08 PM 9/15/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>While going through the steps of regulation, I asked, "What's the key dip?"
>
>"One quarter inch."
>
>"That's not enough."
>
>"I want it to play like a harpsichord."
>
>"It's a piano."
>
>"But that's the way I want it."
>
>I can't remember how I got off the phone.......
>
>
>Barbara Richmond, RPT


Hi, Barbara --

So, he (or she?) wants the old upright to have 1/4" letoff and play like a 
harpsichord.

Okay, set 1/4" letoff, then block up the hammer rail and take up the lost 
motion till the bobbling stops, then juice the strike point of the hammers, 
increase the damper spring tension (after all, a harpsichordist won't be 
using the right pedal) and say, "That's the most like a harpsichord I can 
get it to play."

Oh, beforehand, you warn that the thing won't be a very _good_ harpsichord, 
and that after you're finished, it darned well won't be a "normal" piano, 
either.

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