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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've been to the Little Red School House
(1986). They taught regulating in cycles. Just listing these "steps"
doesn't tell you the whole story. Besides tightening the screws, I was
taught <there> that the three things you need before you start to regulate
in earnest is blow distance, some drop and and the repetition springs need
enough strength to make the hammers rise when released slowly out of
check. Sometimes it takes a little work to get to that point! LaRoy
Edwards is soft spoken, but has a wonderful sense of humor. The
information he's shared (and I was willing to listen to) is largely
why I've been a successful technician.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Barbara Richmond, RPT</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>near Peoria, Illinois</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=pianotuner@embarqmail.com
href="mailto:pianotuner@embarqmail.com">Alan Barnard</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, January 29, 2008 7:48
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: 37 steps</DIV>
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<P>I concur. Actually, Potter (The Randy Potter School of Witchcraft and Piano
Technology) does nicely stress the importance of, how shall we say, cyclical
adjustments, i.e., going back to previous steps at certain points. Don
Mannino, Roger Jolly (where's he been lately?), and others also stress
this in their classes.<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR><BR></P>
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Original message<BR>From: "David Andersen"
<DAVID@DAVIDANDERSENPIANOS.COM> </DAVID@DAVIDANDERSENPIANOS.COM><BR>To:
l-bartlett@sbcglobal.net, "Pianotech List"
<PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG> </PIANOTECH@PTG.ORG><BR>Received: 1/29/2008 4:45:01
PM<BR>Subject: Re: 37 steps<BR><BR>
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<DIV>On Jan 29, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Leslie Bartlett wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>I don't know about Potter or Reblitz, but if you regulate according to
the Yamaha 37 steps you'll have some problems. Spring strength affects almost
every other regulation point; if you don't do it very precisely first, and
then refine it later on, thing will change, and not for the better; wrong
spring strength (too little or too much) will blur and confuse the feeling of
the other precise regulation protocols.</DIV>
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<DIV>Blow distance, some aftertouch, then spring strength. Foist and fawmost,
kiddies. Balance is the key.</DIV>
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<DIV>xoDA</DIV><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>