First, thank you to everyone who provides help to this list. I live 5 hours from my chapter and can't attend meetings though phone calls to members help (thanks Steve Walthall). I use this list, PACE materials, Reblitz, Potter DVD's and the like to learn. I just finished my regulation after installing new hammers. I learned a lot and enjoyed myself very much. Now a few thoughts on the final result. I would appreciate any input on my observations. 1. While I used manufacturer specs for guidlines I just could not get past making the touch feel the way I wanted. I have played the piano (concert level) for 38 years, taught for 20, so I know what I like. The patient was a 30 year old Baldwin 7' grand that had had nothing but tunings for that time ( as far as I could tell). It plays very nicely now if I say so myself. I am still waiting to hear from the pianist but so far his silence speaks volumes. 2. I found that as I was doing final precise regulations the aftertouch benefited from some key dip adjustment. Very minor amounts but still adding dip helped. Is this acceptable? 3. I did not change the front rail punchings as these were is good condition. However the bottom of the key stroke feels a bit hard for lack of a better way to describe it. Is this a problem fresh punchings would have helped or is there another possible issue? 4. The whippens made a very noisey drop on the capstans so I brushed and revived the existing felt. No sound now. Is this felt replaceable? If so how do you do it - it seems like it would be a monster project? I will leave it there for now as I know more things will come in the future. Many thanks again. Sincerely, Steven Hopp (associate preparing for testing this summer) _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Hotmail®…more than just e-mail. http://windowslive.com/howitworks?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_hm_justgotbetter_howitworks_012009 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090127/9505a0ff/attachment-0001.html>
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