I regulate at the piano - I've never been a bench regulator type of guy. Its funny you mention this problem - I was dealing with this exact same problem earlier today at a client's home. When I regulate back checks, I regulate samples starting with the first natural key in each section and then regulate all the dampers that are a perfect fifth up from there. Its convenient because its easy to play with one hand. Pull the action in and out as much as necessary to get these samples right. Then you can regulate on your lap all the back checks in between your samples. On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:07 PM, <PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com> wrote: > 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> > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090729/7bfa75b4/attachment.htm>
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