<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] Keydip--how deep</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> I like to keep the blo= w 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 think I’d go deeper than= .420. JMO, Ken Z. On 10/11/05 1:20 PM, "Barbara Richmond" <piano57@insightbb.com= > wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>Hi folks, I've had some private correspondence with a few a= bout this, but what the heck, I'll go public to get a few more opinions. Just wondering how deep you are willing to go wit= h the key dip on a Steinway D.   I'm trying to decide when to sacr= ifice blow distance for comfortable dip--or making the dip deeper than I lik= e to eek out more blow distance.    I suppose what it really comes down to is how muc= h difference in power there would be between 1 7/8" blow and 1 3/4&quot= ;?  Significant?  This is a really big hall (a bit less than 3500 = seats), so power is an issue.   Right now (with Crescendo punchings) dip is at .4= 01" (my .391 block with a .010" punching added), blow around 1 3/4= " with .030" aftertouch.  It feels 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 stuff in th= e archives about dip and folks reported that they didn't have complaints abo= ut deep dip, but I don't recall anyone getting real specific about how deep = they were actually willing to go. Thanks for sharing your experience, Barbara Richmond, RPT         </BLOCKQUOTE> -- Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician MU School of Music 297 Fine Arts 882-1202 cell 489-7529 </BODY> </HTML>