Recreating key travel--was Re: Checking

[William R. Monroe]

Yes, David!

Good point (and plug) ;-]

I had forgotten about Laroy's action cart.  Great tool!

William R. Monroe


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Andersen" <david at davidandersenpianos.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 7:29 PM
Subject: Recreating key travel--was Re: Checking


> > One benefit of regulating at the piano, in general, is that you know you
are
> > regulating the action with respect to the surface it will permanently
rest
> > upon - the key bed.  The surface of the keybed does not necessarily
match
> > the regulating bench.
>
> Yup--so using the knees is good if you keep your dip block handy and can
get
> the same key travel, plus or minus .1mm, as you get in the keybed---the
> trick, with bendy-type keyframes---Yamaha, Kawai, Schimmel, to name 3---
> is to use the dip block often, and create a rest position on your knees
that
> is relatively constant.
>
> Or, more elegantly, IMO, do what I do---use Laroy Edwards' action trolley
> and recreate the exact key travel out of the piano but right next to it...
> Ahhh.
>
> David Andersen
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