<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; =
-khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV><DIV>On Oct 11, 2005, at =
1:44 PM, <A href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</A> =
wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE =
type="cite"><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jeff writes:</DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
"><<In Nashville, the Steinway techs said <SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">they are =
now recommending and using .400 on everything. >></DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">Greetings,<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV =
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</SPAN>If .400 is correct on everything,<SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>then all pianos must have the =
same<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">ratios for optimum response.<SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I haven't seen that with =
Steinway pianos.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Some =
of<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">them require .400"-.410", and some of them do better =
at .390".<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>It depends =
on<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">how high you want the accidentals to be, and how =
much aftertouch is desired,<SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">(less is =
better).<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV =
style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; ">Ed Foote RPT<SPAN =
class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A =
href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html">http://www.uk-piano.or=
g/edfoote/index.html</A></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; =
margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; =
">www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DI=
V><DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000DD"><BR =
class="khtml-block-placeholder"></FONT></DIV><DIV> You are =
right that "it depends" (on those factors and a couple others), but it =
is true that as of a few years back Steinway went to one dip block for =
all, with "S-D" on the back. Maybe it was just a cost cutting move =
<g>. </DIV><DIV> For my part, I like to adapt to =
circumstance. I often find 1 3/4" blow just fine, and dip is adjusted to =
letoff and aftertouch based on that blow. Dip as a measurement is low on =
my priority list, though it does need to stay within bounds. .420 sounds =
like a good maximum. .400 is usually plenty. I start at .400, and see =
how large a blow I can get away with (I'd rather not be fussing =
continually with dip if I can avoid it, though it's no big deal to add =
or subtract one or two .010 punchings to or from every key - assuming =
you planned ahead and made sure every key had a couple .010's to begin =
with).<BR></DIV><DIV><DIV>Regards,</DIV><DIV>Fred =
Sturm</DIV><DIV>University of New Mexico</DIV><DIV><A =
href="mailto:fssturm@unm.edu">fssturm@unm.edu</A></DIV><DIV><BR =
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