Well Jon, I ended up with a key height of 2 11/16" and the keys are about 7/8" above the keyslip, not quite forming a square, but close enough. Terry At 08:48 PM 7/20/99 -0400, you wrote: >Key height can be determined by the height of the fallboard. Also, by not >having >the key dipping too close to the key slip. I like a natural to be 3/4" to >7/8" >above >the key slip. This gives a square appearance to the key front. > >Another important consideration is that the key pin must be at least 1/4" into >the key >(bushing length) and because the sharp's keysticks are higher than the >natural's >then this depth must be considered. Ultimately that would be the test for how >high >the keys can be. > > >Jon Page > >>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 >>> >> > >Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jpage@capecod.net >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >
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