---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment On Oct 11, 2005, at 1:44 PM, A440A@aol.com wrote: > Jeff writes: > > <<In Nashville, the Steinway techs said > they are now recommending and using .400 on everything. >> > > Greetings, > If .400 is correct on everything, then all pianos must have > the same > ratios for optimum response. I haven't seen that with Steinway > pianos. Some of > them require .400"-.410", and some of them do better at .390". It > depends on > how high you want the accidentals to be, and how much aftertouch is > desired, > (less is better). > Ed Foote RPT > http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html You are right that "it depends" (on those factors and a couple others), but it is true that as of a few years back Steinway went to one dip block for all, with "S-D" on the back. Maybe it was just a cost cutting move <g>. For my part, I like to adapt to circumstance. I often find 1 3/4" blow just fine, and dip is adjusted to letoff and aftertouch based on that blow. Dip as a measurement is low on my priority list, though it does need to stay within bounds. .420 sounds like a good maximum. .400 is usually plenty. I start at .400, and see how large a blow I can get away with (I'd rather not be fussing continually with dip if I can avoid it, though it's no big deal to add or subtract one or two .010 punchings to or from every key - assuming you planned ahead and made sure every key had a couple .010's to begin with). Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico fssturm@unm.edu ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/ad/33/9b/43/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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