Regulating Woes

[Terry Beckingham]

At 11:27 AM 7/20/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Terry,
>Gain some room by replacing the key rest felt with thinner material?
>Joe Goss

Joe,

Thanks, but if I go to a thinner rest rail felt (I presume you are referring
to the back rail) that will make the keys even higher. I have sufficient
room for an adequate key dip where they are set now. They are 70mm, just
under 2 3/4".

Thanks

Terry

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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!
>> >
>> >                                                                        
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>> >            Regards,
>> >                                                                        
>     
>> >            Cia
>> >
>> 
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