<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16414" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> <DIV>Hello,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am situated in a town in the north of Italy, near Milan.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have a major problem with two Erard pianos: one is 1890 and the other is 1894</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am trying to present these pianos in a historically correct way. I feel that the aesthetic of the sound needs to be considered apart from volume issues.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>basically I need to know what the factory key dip would be for such a piano.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have seen and heard 11mm 10mm 9mm 8mm all regulations</DIV> <DIV>with varied results.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>the piano I am trying to regulate is currently at 10 mm with hammer travel at 48-50 mm</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>with 11mm it's possible to get 54-52 mm which works but the black keys are too low-looking for it to be factory-settings.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>if I place the hammers for 47-48 mm hammerblow and 9 mm key dip the hammers look high above the hammer rest!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I have heard that 8-9 mm is more like it.. that would raise the hammers fairly high above hammer rest but the keyboard makes more sense..</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Does anyone out there know what the key dip was for erard in the 1890's FROM THE FACTORY?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Max Di Mario</DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>