Great question, Jean-Luc. Here's what I do: ---make sure the key travel is precisely set with the action in the piano. My ideal is 10.2 mm on every key. ---with the action on the caddy, recreate key travel---and do all subsequent work---in three sections: bass, tenor, and treble. I do the tenor first, then the bass, then the treble. I adjust the reverse glide bolts on the caddy to make the section I'm working on comply exactly with the in-cavity key travel. Thus, you need to ---use your dip block frequently; check key travel consistently as you work. Get in the habit of seeing the dip block as an essential part of your work. Hope this helps.... DA On Sep 28, 2011, at 6:57 PM, Jlmatt at aol.com wrote: > I have one too and I have a question for David Andersen . It seems to me that you can recreate the key travel exactly only in the middle of the action since the caddy does not span the whole keyframe (it hangs down at both ends), how do you deal with that? > > Jean-Luc Matton > > > In a message dated 9/28/2011 5:38:38 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, laura-olsen at att.net writes: > Hi David, > I have one too and love it. > Laura Olsen > On Sep 28, 2011, at 12:02 PM, David Andersen wrote: > >> The best traveling bench I've ever found is this: >> http://www.edwardsstringcovers.com/brochureCaddy.pdf >> >> -light, portable >> -wheeled >> -collapsible >> -durable-7 years and counting (LOTS of use) >> -and (best of all) EXACTLY recreates key travel on the bench: >> a huge step up in precision >> >> A Hall of Fame tool in my world......... >> >> David Andersen >> >> >> >> >> On Sep 28, 2011, at 9:45 AM, Jim Moy wrote: >> >>> On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 7:24 AM, J Patrick Draine <jpdraine at gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Some time ago, on one or another of our lists, someone wrote about his >>>> inexpensive work around to achieve a height adjustable workbench.... >>>> ...Can anyone dredge up a copy of that post? >>> >>> You mean this one? >>> >>> http://blog.duanemcguire.com/2009/10/31/adjustable-height-workbench-assembly-table/ >>> >>> Jim >> > > = -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20110929/a0b448c7/attachment-0001.htm>
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