Hello Cia, I don't believe the key height is too low. When I got this piano it had piles of cardboard shims under all parts of the keyframe. The bottoms of the keys were actually above the key slip. I removed all of the shims and only inserted shims where necessary to level the keyframe. My key height is now just under 2 3/4". I think this is a little high but I cannot go lower. I used the thinnest felt punchings on the balance rail pins and leveled from the highest key that had no paper punchings under it. I don't have the specs for this piano, but key height should probably be about 2 1/2". I could probably go a little higher, but not very much or I would end up once again with the key bottoms above the keyslip. That's one more item I can try though. Maybe that is why there was so much cardboard to begin with. Thanks for the suggestion. Terry Beckingham At 02:40 AM 7/20/99 EDT, Cia wrote: >Terry, > Have been following the thread on this , and I am curious >....where was your key height? Key height must be sufficient to provide >enough key travel to allow room for the action to work properly . If key >height is too low for the strike distance, you will not be able to get enough >escapement , and you will end up sacrificing correct letoff and/or dip. I >leaned this the hard way! > > > Regards, > > Cia >
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