Finally, Dave, a voice of "getting the feel" of regulation. Tools is good, but touch is the final arbiter. P In a message dated 7/29/2009 4:55:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, david at davidandersenpianos.com writes: On Jul 29, 2009, at 11:07 AM, jim ialeggio wrote: > What I really want is a reliable protocol to prove that the bench > top keybed is precisely matching the piano's keybed. > > Any ideas out there? I'm continually surprised more technicians don't make use of the two simple ways I've found to recreate exact key travel outside the piano: ---get real good at using a dip block (I use a hardwood 10mm) then either 1. get an Edwards Action Trolley and recreate exact key travel by its method...excellent and precise; or 2. when the action is in your lap, put a cheekblock face down on one knee under the balance rail and oonch around, move that leg, until you find the point where the key travel becomes exactly what it was in the keybed. Doing it will show you what I mean, and either protocol will create a sharp rise in your regulation precision and get you real, real friendly with your dip block. David Andersen **************Hot Deals at Dell on Popular Laptops perfect for Back to School (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1223106546x1201717234/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Faltfarm.mediaplex.com%2Fad%2Fck%2F12309%2D81939%2D1629%2D8) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090729/e721add5/attachment.htm>
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