---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Shigeru Kawai key dip spec is 10.3 mm. & I kind of imagine the others are also. Avery At 09:49 AM 11/4/2005, you wrote: >On Nov 4, 2005, at 9:33 AM, ><<mailto:lafargue@bellsouth.net>lafargue@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >>Key dip is approx 3/8". > >I wondered if this might be the case. Don didn't mention what the >spec was, but I'd say 3/8" is waaaay shallow. The shallower the >dip, the less movement the backcheck makes during travel, so what's >happening is to get the hammer to check anywhere inside of an inch, >you're having to regulate the backchecks too close to the tails at >rest, causing them to catch on the way up, and yes, they might even >catch on the way down. > >> Sorry Ron, I still can't see how checking height would affect >> >>that. > >It's a combination of checking height and too shallow of dip. I >think most Asian pianos use 10 mm, but I don't have a block for >that, and I'm not sure what the exact conversion to inches is. Most >of the time, I shoot for somewhere closer to 13/32" in Asian pianos, >and that usually works. > >Jeff > > > >Jeff Tanner, RPT >University of South Carolina > > _______________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music University of Houston Houston, TX 77204-4017 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/61/af/26/4b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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