<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 10/11/2005 1:21:07 PM Central Standard Time, piano57@insightbb.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2> <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"?&nb= sp; 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 abou= t dip and folks reported that they didn't have complaints about deep dip, bu= t 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></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>Blow should be closer to 1 7/8" Dip should be in the .400 range, as has= been mentioned, as long as you have after touch. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One thing I try for, and have had no complaints, is a real tight let of= f. I try to get as close to the string as possible, less than 1/16", which t= hen also allows you to reduce drop slightly, which give you a little more breathing room for the aftertouch. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>