<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: an odd situation</title></head><body> <div>At 12:07 AM +0200 7/9/04, antares wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>. . . A Steinway D has, according to the Steinway Service manual (written by Mr Max Matthias) a key dip of 9.75 mm, but all smaller models (S-B) have a shallower key dip of 9.50 mm.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Hi André,</div> <div><br></div> <div>I've heard this quoted many times and read the myth also, but the Hamburg D's at least are certainly set up with more than 10 mm dip<font color="#0000FF"> (the very latest instruments may be an exception, I don't know since I haven't regulated any - anyone out there with a comment?)</font>. In the early 90's I watched a Hamburg tech, Martin Bagg, set up a D with at least 10.5 mm dip while using a 9.8 mm gauge block. I find it most surprising that a piano manufacturer, which regards itself as fastidious, would publish figures and sell matching gauge blocks, while setting their pianos quite differently.</div> <div><br></div> <div>For those who are interested, our new I-rib sound board was glued into the Wangaratta Stein D case yesterday. I'll post with further information once I get more images online.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Best,</div> <div>Ron O.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:info@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>