regulation problems

Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Sun Jan 7 13:23:58 MST 2007


Mike,

I think the basic problem was/is that he was trying to regulate it on 
the bench. Not at the piano! And that won't work!

Avery Todd

At 11:11 AM 1/7/2007, you wrote:
>Jeff,
>
>Please clarify:  When the whites bottom out on the black FR 
>punchings, have they dipped 3/8, or are they bottoming before 
>reaching 3/8?  I don't understand which problem, or both, you are experiencing:
>a)  Whites bottom out on black FR before reaching full dip,
>       or
>b)  Full 3/8 dip is not sufficient to get let-off and aftertouch.
>(I used 3/8" in the above problem statements, but as others have 
>pointed out, you should probably be using  10mm, or .394", which 
>will give you and additional .019" to play with)
>
>Mike
>
>Jeff Miller wrote:
>>O.k. now that I've completely typed all the wrong info on the first 
>>email, and embarrassed myself , let me try this again.
>>The piano is a G1 Yamaha
>>Key height is 65.5
>>blow distance is 47.5
>>key dip is 3/8 (using the Jaras key dip tool)
>>My problem is after I get through all the regulation points the 
>>white keys are bottoming out on the black keys  front rail felt.  I 
>>am regulating this action on the bench, I don't' know if that 
>>changes anything.  I can't think of any other details. Yes, I have 
>>spaced everything, aligned jacks in windows, etc..  I feel like its 
>>probably something real minor that I'm just overlooking.
>>Thanks for any help.
>>Jeff Miller
>>
>>
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