> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I like to keep the blow on our Ds as close to 1 7/8 as possible. I usually start at .400 dip and go deeper if needed. I don=B9t think I=B9d go deeper tha= n .420. JMO, Ken Z. On 10/11/05 1:20 PM, "Barbara Richmond" <piano57@insightbb.com> wrote: > Hi folks, > =20 > I've had some private correspondence with a few about this, but what the = heck, > I'll go public to get a few more opinions. > =20 > Just wondering how deep you are willing to go with the key dip on a Stein= way > D. I'm trying to decide when to sacrifice blow distance for comfortable > dip--or making the dip deeper than I like to eek out more blow distance. > =20 > I suppose what it really comes down to is how much difference in power th= ere > would be between 1 7/8" blow and 1 3/4"? Significant? This is a really = big > hall (a bit less than 3500 seats), so power is an issue. > =20 > Right now (with Crescendo punchings) dip is at .401" (my .391 block with = a > .010" punching added), blow around 1 3/4" with .030" aftertouch. It feel= s a > lot better <to me> than when the blow was at 1 7/8", though I didn't have= any > complaints when the dip was deeper. I did go back and read a bunch of st= uff > in the archives about dip and folks reported that they didn't have compla= ints > about deep dip, but I don't recall anyone getting real specific about how= deep > they were actually willing to go. > =20 > Thanks for sharing your experience, > =20 > Barbara Richmond, RPT > =20 > =20 > =20 > =20 >=20 --=20 Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Music 297 Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/58/c1/3c/ef/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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