> No. When the whites bottom out on the black FR punchings, they have not > made it to the 3/8 dip. I usually set the whites dip first and do the > blacks. After the blacks are set the whites will no longer dip all the > way down. I'm sure from some of the other post that this is probably a > problem stemming from not setting key hight in the piano. I am > scuedaled to be in the ladys house tomorrow and I can already tell it's > going to be a long day. If you're doing the regulation on the bench, and experiencing the problem while still on the bench, being on the bench isn't the reason you're having this problem. The problem is in the setup relationship between the naturals and the sharps. Regulation is like setting an aural temperament (if anyone remembers that) in that when it's not working out coming at it from one direction, try it from any number of different directions until you find the problem. If the sharps are set too high, or the keytops have been replaced without planing the keys down to retain the original overall height, just what you describe can happen. The overall thickness of the black keys should be pretty close to 0.5" (12.7mm) more than the whites. With the naturals leveled at proper height and a sharp fully depressed, how much sharp is still above the natural? it should be a couple of millimeters, or about a nickel's thickness. The depressed natural should then clear the sharp's front rail punching. Maybe not by much, but it should clear. Then adjust the center rail punchings of the sharp until the depressed sharp and the depressed natural next to it put their respective capstans at the same height. Then check the sharp's height above the natural. All this will at least tell you in more detail where the problem is. You'll find there are indeed plenty of things that will change on you when moving from bench regulation back into the piano, but I don't think this is one of them. Ron N
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