<!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 6.00.2600.0" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've just been puzzling over a 1980's SF-10.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is a very good sounding Baldwin, = made in the Conway factory.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BUT, there is an action = problem.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When dip is set to a standard block = (Steinway), there is very excessive aftertouch.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The owner says it has always been like this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I lower the capstans to decrease = aftertouch, the shanks knock on the repetition lever regulating screw.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The only choice is excessive aftertouch = or shallow dip. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The prof. does a lot of performing, so = he wants standard keydip on his practice instrument.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Something is wrong with this = instrument.  Possibly the string height is low, and they let it go?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I could shorten the hammer bore = distance...or just file down the hammers?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is there some regulation, shimming or = rail adjustment I'm missing?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ed Sutton</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>