Regulating Woes

[Joe & Penny Goss]

Terry,
Gain some room by replacing the key rest felt with thinner material?
Joe Goss

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> From: Terry Beckingham <beckingt@mb.sympatico.ca>
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: Regulating Woes
> Date: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 10:48 AM
> 
> 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
> >
>