aftertouch

[Marcel Carey]

Hi Ron,
 
I would go with # 4. You could get more aftertouch on the sharps. If you
regulate the sharps depth to match the after touch you hae with the
naturals, you might be OK. Is the dip all nice and even?
 
Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC
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I'm working on a Baldwin console.  The plate has 40 stamped on it.  It's
a pretty good piano and is about to go back to its home.  The action is
a little on the small side .The regulation is pretty good but I am
needing more aftertouch.  
 
Key height is 2 1/2" above the keybed.
Hammer Blow distance is 1 3/4" to strings.
Letoff is about 1/8" in the treble and 1/4" in the bass.
The bass and midrange white keys are pretty good with correct
aftertouch.  Some of the whites in the higher treble have shallow
aftertouch.  
Sharps have little aftertouch and are terrible.  They sit 13mm above the
whites.
There is nothing obviously wrong such as too many punchings under the
keys. This piano does not appear to have been tinkered on by an
unqualified toooooner.  
 
My choices are:

1.	Raise keys.  

2.	Decrease hammer blow distance.  

3.	Increase letoff. 

4.	Increase dip.

With choice 1, I'm hesitant to do this as the keys are right up against
the rail.  With choices 2 & 3, I feel like I'm losing power.  With
choice 4, I feel like I'm chasing symptoms and not the real problem.  
 
It may be that the action is compact enough that I just need to squeeze
what little I can from all 4 choices.
 
Any thoughts from the list?  Am I overlooking something?  Thanks in
advance and happy holidays to all of you.
 
Ron Shiflet  

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