<html> Vince,<br> <br> I've increased leverage on a couple of Steinway D's now, and they both ended up with a dip of .420". Many prominent pianists have played both instruments, and nobody has said a word about the extra .02". They have all liked the way the pianos perform in terms of  evenness, power, and weight. If you increase leverage, you will have to increase the dip. For this reason, I have come to place less importance on absolute keydip measurements (within certain limits, of course). If the piano is giving them what they want, they don't seem to notice. I don't tell anyone about the extra .02" though ... If I did, I'm sure they would feel it!<br> <br> If anyone has had complaints about keydips in the range I mentioned above, I would like to hear about it. No pianist has ever said anything to me about it.<br> <br> Eric<br> <br> <br> At 08:22 AM 3/24/99 -0700, you wrote: <br> <blockquote type=cite cite>So was your key ratio actually 2:1, or .50?  So far, when I change key ratio (by weight) to .50, I cannot get the dip to .40".  It has actually been more like .43+" with the shanks up in the air as far up as I dare (1/4").  I'm wondering if increasing the bore to slightly over 2" is a good idea in this case, especially when my measurements show the bore distance should be 2" (in the middle anyway).  Or would changing out the wippen cushions to a slightly thicker configuration be advisable?  Can you get Steinway hammers where the tails are uncoved and longer?  When I've ordered "raw" hammers in the past, they still come coved, and although untapered, they are slightly under 3" in total length.    <br> <br> At 08:02 PM 3/22/99 -0500, you wrote: <br> <blockquote type=cite cite>As far as our "D" with the changed capstan position, I did samples to make sure the dip was not over 0.40"; and though the change did increase key travel, no one ever mentioned anything about it. <br> <br> Ken Sloane, Oberlin Conservatory <br> -------------------------------------- </blockquote></blockquote><br> <br> <div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div> <div>Eric Wolfley, RPT</div> <div>Head Piano Technician</div> <div>College Conservatory of Music</div> <div>University of Cincinnati</div> <div><a href="http://ucccm56.ccm.uc.edu/pianowolf/index.html" EUDORA=AUTOURL>http://ucccm56.ccm.uc.edu/pianowolf/index.html</a></div> <div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div> </html>