punchings leveling

[Wimblees@AOL.COM]

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In a message dated 2/23/02 5:16:25 AM !!!First Boot!!!, 
poseyviolins@charter.net writes:


> The information I have
> says to decrease key dip by removing center shims.  If I do that, then they
> won't be level.  To level them would mean putting the shims back in.  Is is
> right to add shims to the front to decrease key dip?
>     On a related note (?) what is aftertouch?  It sounds like an adjustment
> of something after the key has travelled the required 3/8".
>     Hopefully, my naive questions are easy to answer.
> Gerald
> 
> 

Gerald

The information you have has either been misinterpreted, or is wrong. You 
need to level the keys first, by using the (shim) punchings. To increase or 
decrease dip, you add or remove front rail punchings. You do not change the 
key leveling.

After touch is the movement of the key after let off. 

Wim

PS. You are not the first, and will certainly not be the last person, who is 
new to the art of piano tuning, to ask a naive question. The main purpose of 
this list is to answer questions. To some, who have been in the business for 
a long time, there will be questions that might seem rudimentary. Yet, those 
same people will ask some questions which will seem rudimentary to those who 
have been in the business for only a short time. My answer to you might even 
stir up a debate, because even a person who has been in the business for 25 
years, has been known to make a mistake, once in a while (big grin). Welcome 
to the world of piano technology. And good luck. 

Wim

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