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<br><font size=3>That's Don Mannino's spiel. Alan BarnardSalem, MO</font>
<p><font size=3>Original messageFrom: "Paul T Williams" To:
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<p><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Yes, LaRoy is a great guy! He did
a seminar in Seattle years ago where he gave me the 37 step book. I
reference it every once in a while to check myself. Another tech
(unfortunately, I don't remember who) told me to think of regulating, tuning,
restringing, etc as a spiral....continually circling in to "perfection".
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">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><font size=3>
</font><font size=2 face="Arial">Barbara Richmond, RPT</font><font size=3>
</font><font size=2 face="Arial">near Peoria, Illinois</font><font size=3>
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<p><font size=3>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.Alan BarnardSalem, MO</font>
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<p><font size=3>Original messageFrom: "David Andersen" To:
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<p><font size=3>On Jan 29, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Leslie Bartlett wrote: It's
not really so different than Potter or Reblitz. 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. Blow distance, some aftertouch, then spring strength.
Foist and fawmost, kiddies. Balance is the key. xoDA </font>
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