<div>Well, I will remember this advice when I come to a grand, but I was talking about an upright.</div> <div> </div> <div>Matthew "William R. Monroe" <pianotech@a440piano.net> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">John, One benefit of regulating at the piano, in general, is that you know you are regulating the action with respect to the surface it will permanently rest upon - the key bed. The surface of the keybed does not necessarily match the regulating bench. In this case in particular, it is very quick and easy to simply slide the action partway out of the cavity, set checking, slide it in and check, repeat until you are done. Much quicker than removing the action to a bench. Using the knee (one leg crossed over the other, in my case) is convenient because, as Quentin pointed out, it is easy to adjust the support under the action by moving your knee under the keyframe, checking aftertouch to verify. Make sense? Admittedly, this is simply one way of setting checking. I happen to like it particularly for setting checking that is fairly close to start with. If I've a new set of backchecks or the checking is way off, I'd probably set a sample or two at the piano, pull the action to a bench (lid of piano) and get it close that way, then return to the piano and my knee. Regards, William R. Monroe ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Delmore" <JODEL@KAIROS.NET> To: "'Pianotech List'" <PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:23 PM Subject: RE: Checking > At the risk of revealing my "beginner's ignorance", what exactly is the > benefit of trying to regulate an action with it on your knees? > > Ain't that what benches are for? > John Delmore > > _____ > > </BLOCKQUOTE> <hr size=1><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman3/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=39666/*http://beta.messenger.yahoo.com ">Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.</a> PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates.