grand checking adjustment

[David Love]

Neither.  Rest your palm on the flanges and hold your fingers over the
shanks so that when you strike a group of keys (with the other hand) your
fingers sort throw them back down on the backchecks simulating, to some
degree, the rebound off the string.  Double check in the piano to make sure
that the checking with the action out is duplicated with the action in.  It
often isn't because of the change in key dip with the key frame not bedded.


 

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of brittanykirk272 at comcast.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:14 PM
To: PTG questions
Subject: grand checking adjustment

 

I have been taught two different ways to adjust grand checking, and I would
like y'all's opinion on which you think is more accurate.

 

1.  Strike the key, see where the hammer checks, and adjust accordingly.

2.  While holding the key down, lift the hammer, and let it fall into a
checked position.

 

If I make everything even with method 1, then re-assess with method 2,
checking is uneven... and vice versa.  Advice, please.

 

Brittney

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