Yes, you are absolutely right. Fortunately for me, I'm not concerned about a "true crown." I'd be willing to bet that keys squared in this manner would be indistinguishable from keys squared flat and raised by punchings. I think we've taken this past the point of reason now. ;-] My point was only that I didn't think it was necessary to change the way we think of leveling keys for a crowned vs. flat keyboard. William R. Monroe On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote: > Well...theoretically if you wanted a true crown, wouldn't the key squaring > also need to be taken under consideration? For a true crown the keys would > have to be square in the middle and then gradually lean as you move towards > the ends. > > If you started with a level and square keyboard, and then shimmed the rail, > this would happen naturally. Sure it would add a step, but it would only > take about 5 minutes to execute it. > > > > On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 4:59 PM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net>wrote: > >> I suppose you could, but to me, that would add a step. If you want flat, >> use a flat stick, if you want crowned, use a crowned stick. Leveling with a >> crown takes exactly the same effort as leveling without if you have a >> crowned leveling stick. >> >> William R. Monroe >> >> >> >> On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Ryan Sowers <tunerryan at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I have never leveled an upright with crown but if one did want to do this >>> wouldn't it make more sense to start with a level keyboard and then just put >>> some thin shims under the balance rail. Then you could put as much crown as >>> you like and there would be a perfect graduation in key heights from middle >>> to ends. >>> >>> >> > > > -- > Ryan Sowers, RPT > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090621/48bdd339/attachment.htm>
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