on 10/3/00 4:30 PM, A440A@AOL.COM at A440A@AOL.COM wrote: > Greetings, > The first thing I would look at would be the let-off buttons. If they are > helter-skelter, something else in the action is, too. > Are the keys really low, or high? How close to the cushions are the > hammershanks? You don't want them way up in the air, and you should consider > how much aftertouch is in that dip when you look at the shanks. > Are there areas of excessive lacquer in the hammers? How about the action > shift, is it at the limit,one way or another? Maybe really look at the > bridge pins, are they all very even? > Just a few thoughts, > Ed Foote RPT Hi Ed, What is your analysis of a prospective piano whose shanks rest too far above the cushions? In other words, what is the underlying problem which you apparently think makes the piano undesirable? The underlying problem would not be the high hammer line by itself since that can be easily adjusted -- I take it you are suggesting that there is some reason why the hammer line cannot be adjusted down to where it ought to be. I am dealing with a new D like this now. Came in with keydip way over "spec", blow distance way under "spec", and if one lowers the hammer line, then the back of the hammer felts rebound against the backchecks way before the shanks could get down to the cushions. I know my thoughts on the matter. I would love to hear yours - perhaps yours will be more, uh, civil than mine. :) Kent Swafford
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