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</B>Erwinspiano@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, July 12, 2007 9:08
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<DIV><STRONG><EM> David</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> I'll get to the bench reg part but first
This thread brings up the question where & one measures dip &
with what does one use to do this. A dip block, a ruler? As long as I've done
this work I've used a simple distance gauge that fits under the key. It's .375
in diameter. It's a small piece of steel with a thin handle brazed to
it. PIcs below . The cut out in the face of it fits right up into &
against the pin.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><EM> My Dad made it 40 years ago.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> It's easy to use,visual & quick. Just Insert the
jig & if the dip is shallow, the key rises, indicating the need to remove
punchings....again visual...quick. If dip is deep...tap tap.
The need to add punchings. I don't sit at eye level to do this even at
the piano.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Also the sharps...always a sticky wicket. Again
insert it under the white keys & see what's happening then correct it. The
width of the gauge allows easy access between the white key pins to access the
key pins to the sharps</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Being a dip priority regulator I've always like to
stay a bout a .390 dip. SO I place gauge under the key
& tap the top of the key with my finger then listen & feel for a
slight .015 gap. Or a single wrap of masking tape around the
circumference of the gauge makes it zzzzactly.390. In that case the gauge
should just slide in with no key rise or no tapping sound.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> For the bench part Eds suggestion of duplicating
the keybed environment is good & possible to get close. My non -rookie
shop helper Keith Roberts came up with a slick way to get very close on the
bench.. (been the re to long to be a rookie any
more..darn)</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> HE/we uses the gauge to set dip on all the C
notes sitting at the piano. We then place the action on the reg bench
& remove the stack. The keys fall down & rest on the punchings
Then we the use a straight edge set between our test notes. Using our test
notes we remove or add punchings till he/we a fairly straight
line between test notes. It's quick easy & any shop rookie can get
very close. Then reinstall the action stack & keys in the piano &
tweak further until it's dialed. At this point I use the after
touch feel I like. Meaning it's just a tactile sense from years of doing
this. Or place a card of .040 or .050 on top of the front punching &
then depress the key.. If the dip/aftertouoch is right the jack should just
begin to escape.</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Make sense?.....yes..no?</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Dale</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000>Does anyone
have a reliable method of setting key dip (grand) on the bench<BR>so that it
remains accurate when the action is moved back to the piano?
I'd<BR>sure love to retire from sitting down at eye level to the key
bed. <BR><BR>David Love<BR>davidlovepianos@comcast.net
<BR>www.davidlovepianos.com<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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