Mark,
>. . . The "magic line" at half-stroke: WNG is recommending using
>different heels for the sharps to maintain this, but I'm a little
>concerned about how this will actually feel in the finished action.
I've been doing this since 2000 when fitting our action. Very often
the spacing between the two balance pin lines, for the black and
white keys, is incorrect, so the capstan line might need to be
located differently for the black and white notes.
> After all, pianists have spent the past three centuries getting
>used to slightly different touch characteristics between sharps and
>naturals, and I want this action to feel good, not unusual.
If feeling unusual means that the hammer/key ratio is the same for
both black and white keys, then I'd prefer it to feel unusual.
Ron O.
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