[pianotech] Regulating black key dip

William Monroe pianotech at a440piano.net
Tue Jan 6 19:22:54 PST 2009


Andrew,

It may be that the back rail cloth is too thick.

William R. Monroe

 Andrew Anderson wrote:
>>
>>> I've finally got around to regulating key dip on the old Everett I  
>>> had refurbished.
>>>
>>> I set the fronts where I had a good combination of blow distance  
>>> and key dip with adequate (minimal) aftertouch.
>>>
>>> I started setting the sharps by touch.  I noticed that something  
>>> was happening to my aftertouch on the white keys.
>>>
>>> Sure enough, the white keys were catching the black key punchings,  
>>> too early of-course.
>>>
>>> Any sensible fixes?




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