<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi folks,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've had some private correspondence = with a few about this, but what the heck, I'll go public to get a few more opinions.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Just wondering how deep you are willing = to go with the key dip on a Steinway D.   I'm trying to decide when to = sacrifice blow distance for comfortable dip--or making the dip deeper than I = like to eek out more blow distance.   </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I suppose what 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.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>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.  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 the archives about dip and folks = reported that they didn't have complaints about deep dip, but I don't recall = anyone getting real specific about how deep they were actually willing to go.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for sharing your = experience,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT  = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>