key dip, dip in.....

Avery Todd avery@ev1.net
Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:46:23 -0500


Richard,

At 01:22 AM 10/19/02 +0200, you wrote:
>Avery Todd wrote:
>
> > Hi Andre,
> >
> > That's (10mm) is ALWAYS what
> > I start with. And I keep it there unless I absolutely HAVE to change
> > it to get things to work out! Thanks for your post!
> >
> > Avery
> >
>
>But I
>would like to point out that if you insist on that for a piano that 
>specifies an 11
>mm dip, then you'd better know a bit about what you are doing or you can 
>end up
>with a real mess.

Well, in my defense, I did say, "unless I absolutely HAVE to change it".
Instances like that, and other reasons, are what I was referring to. :-)

Avery

>Still no one has addressed the consequences of Bob Hohfs disertation on action
>heights in this context. His observations about the distance between 
>string and
>keybed determining each individual actions optimal distance geometries 
>seem hard to
>ignore, and would definantly, if adhered to, require a willingness to 
>relax the 10
>mm thing.... at least to some small degree me thinks.
>
>Cheers !
>
>--
>Richard Brekne
>RPT, N.P.T.F.
>UiB, Bergen, Norway
>mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
>http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
>
>
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