<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: [CAUT] Keydip--how deep</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> Hello= ,       Back in 1998, Ruth Laredo commented tha= t “the keys go down too far” on our then new D.   Dip = at that time was about .415.  (This D has a high string height).  = Having wrestled with keydip question myself, I recently asked Ralph Votapek = about it.  His comment was that one could feel deeper into the keys and= get more power with deeper dip and possibly more control.  He doesn&#8= 217;t mind it.  Other worthy pianists have given me varied opinions. &n= bsp; My conclusion is that one size doesn’t necessarily fit all. =      Ed Foote’s post did a great job of poin= ting out the ruling grades for keydip and how they vary.  Short of rebu= ilding the piano, replacing hammers with different bore distance, or some ot= her geometry alteration, there are some choices/compromises we must make in = regulating.  All we can do is listen to the pianists comments on a part= icular instrument and make whatever compromise is suitable and hope that wha= t pleases one will satisfy another.  I don’t think any hard-fast = rule is going to suffice. -Mike Jorgensen On 10/11/05 2:20 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> </BODY> </HTML>