Increases repetition, decreases power...lacquer up those hammers...fast rock and roll...;-] David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: A440A@aol.com To: caut@ptg.org Received: 2/27/2006 7:35:05 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Re: Glenn Gould/Bach Stuff ><< With a shallow dip, any variation in hammer tail filing, check alignment >might be very critical. Even if the pianist does really bottom the key, there's >likely to be all sorts of misses in the tail/check interface that is normally >taken care of by the deeper dip. (.400" for S&S now, I believe.) >> >Greetings, > Actually, misses depend not on keydip, but aftertouch. If a pianist >wants an extremely shallow keydip, it is a simple enough matter to raise the >hammerline and slightly move the backchecks proximally to maintain the same degree >of checking insurance as before. The tech may need to add additional "rest >felt" to prevent the action from capsizing, but there is no need to lose the >checking dependability. >Regards, >Ed Foote RPT >http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html >www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > >_______________________________________________ >caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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