<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Ed</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Before I comment further what's the dip at the pin or wherever you measure it. This is very interesting and peculiar.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale Erwin</EM></STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>     Case in point. (here is the puzzle part)<BR>      I am currently preparing to rehammer and reshank a 10 year old D which <BR>has a very high string height and a very low ratio (4.9). At 1 7/8 blow, the <BR>shanks are almost 1/2" off the cushions.   This action currently has 17 mm <BR>knuckle distance, SW in the upper middle range, FW in the average range, and <BR>ridiculously low DW of 50 gr. in the bass, 44 gr in the area of note 25, and 40-42 <BR>gr. from note 32 on up.  BW on A0 is 40, tapering down to 33 at note 73.  <BR>      I could elect to reduce the FW, keeping all other things near the same. <BR>However, this would not address how high the hammers are off the rest <BR>cushions.  It would not increase the power,either.  What would you do? <BR>( I already have a plan of action, which entails three changes, but will be <BR>interested in other's interpretation.)  <BR><BR>Regards, <BR><BR>Ed Foote RPT <BR>http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html<BR>www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>