[pianotech] Action ratio tool

David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net
Fri Jan 29 16:07:16 MST 2010


Just thought I'd share this.  An action ratio measurement tool.  Made from a
piece of scrap bridge cap maple about 5" x 1/2" x 1/2" with a machine screw
set into the block and therefore capable of a very fine and precise
adjustment in height, a couple of jiffy leads to just hold it down on the
adjacent keys without depressing them.  Pretty simple.  The nice thing is
that it's thin enough that you can slide it back and forth across the length
of the head of the key easily and see how the ratio changes depending on the
point at which you depress the key.  The machine screw here is set at 6 mm
which seems a good number as that's just short of where the jack tender
contacts the let off button.  

David Love            
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