<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: [CAUT] Keydip--how deep</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY style="BORDER-TOP-STYLE: none; BORDER-RIGHT-STYLE: none; BORDER= -LEFT-STYLE: none; BORDER-BOTTOM-STYLE: none"> .420 inches is 10.67 millimeters...I think I'd shorten my blow a= bit... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5p= x; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message From: "Ken Zahringer" <ZAHRINGERK@MISSOURI.EDU> = To: "College and University Technicians" <CAUT@PTG.ORG> Received: 10= /11/2005 11:41:43 AM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Keydip--how deep 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’t thi= nk I’d go deeper than .420. JMO, Ken Z. On 10/11= /05 1:20 PM, "Barbara Richmond" <piano57@insightbb.com> wrote:<BR= > <BLOCKQUOTE>Hi folks= , I've ha= d some private correspondence with a few about this, but what the heck,= I'll go public to get a few more opinions. Just wondering how deep you are will= ing to go with the key dip on a Steinway D.   I'm trying to d= ecide when to sacrifice blow distance for comfortable dip--or making th= e dip deeper than I like to eek out more blow distance.   <BR= > I suppose w= hat it really comes down to is how much difference in power there 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. &nb= sp; 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.  I= t feels a lot better <to me> than when the blow was at 1 7/8", th= ough I didn't have any complaints when the dip was deeper.  I did = go back and read a bunch of stuff in the archives about dip and folks r= eported that they didn't have complaints about deep dip, but I don't re= call anyone getting real specific about how deep they were actually wil= ling to go. Thanks for sharing your experience, = Barbara Richmond, RPT   <F= ONT face=Garamond>       </SPAN= ></BLOCKQUOTE><BR= > -- Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Musi= c 297 Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529 </DIV>= </BODY></HTML>