I remember Scott Jones being really enthusiastic about this at his Steinway factory training sessions in the early 90's - let's give a nod to Scott on this concept, as well. Allen Wright On Jul 7, 2008, at 7:40 PM, erwinspiano at aol.com wrote: > Yes, putting a little stress on the keyframe. Actually it would be > under a tensioning stress. I heard it first from R.Jolly & David > Andersen. Whatever it works. > Dale > > > > Stressing the keyframe? > > David Ilvedson, RPT > Pacifica, CA 94044 > > Jon > Nice idea. Easy visual. My kind of tehnique. Jon You probably of > experienced this alreay. Stressing the keyframe a bit more also > improves the sound. I've heard it dramtically on many pianos. It > has to do with coulping the keyframe more intensely to the bed. > > Dale > > > Let's try something different, a piano related topic: > > An easy way to set the glide bolts is with a caliper. > > With the glide bolts off the keybed, measure a key > height in front of the bolt. Reset the caliper to .015" > to .020" higher and turn the bolt until the key touches > the caliper. Plus .010" at the ends is sufficient. > > Apply slight upwards lift at the stack to see if the > glide bolt still knocks and tweak as needed. > This is an easy way to apply even pressure across. > > Longer keys would necessitate a wider gap > measured with the caliper. > -- > Regards, > > Jon Page > The Famous, the infamous, the lame - in your browser. Get the TMZ > Toolbar Now! > The Famous, the infamous, the lame - in your browser. Get the TMZ > Toolbar Now! Allen Wright London, UK -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080708/11d7f0f3/attachment-0001.html
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