[pianotech] key leveling with a curve

[Ron Nossaman]

On 10/14/2010 6:37 AM, Horace Greeley wrote:

>  In
> that context, I fully concur with Ron (and others) that building a crown
> into the key height, however rewarding it may be from a standpoint of
> ego or technical competency is simply not noticed with sufficient
> frequency. Does that mean I don't do it? Of course not. It just means
> I'm quite realistic about why I'm doing it and for whom.

Technical competency? Bit of a stretch, don't you think? Interestingly, 
the question of crowning key level comes up once in a while. The 
defenders treat it as something that is maybe "good enough" if "left 
out", while the flat levelers consider it unnecessary and largely self 
serving pretension. The question I don't seem to be able to get an 
answer to is why is it desirable in any instance, other than 
politically? Is there a real performance benefit/detriment either way? 
I'm all for doing things for real reasons, where this always smacked of 
"One of proper breeding must hold one's mouth just so, and always, 
always, put on the left shoe first".
Ron N