<br><br> <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 4, 2008 3:54 PM, David Andersen <<a href="mailto:david@davidandersenpianos.com">david@davidandersenpianos.com</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"> <div style="WORD-WRAP: break-word">So---people responded to my spring strength warning with the old "when you do <b>rounds of regulation</b> it all gets done" brush-off. <div>When was the last time a real-world, paid situation allowed you to do "rounds of regulation?" Please. </div> <div><br></div> <div>My point was, and is, this:</div> <div>If you're looking for biggest radical positive change in the shortest possible time, DO THE SPRING STRENGTH FIRST, AND PRECISELY, or the other regulation points will not be stable, or end up where you want them. Period. And the impact of your work will be diminished. That's the cold-light-of-day truth; the person who puts in the foundational SMART work and uses his or her years of homework and experience to quickly and intuitively diagnose and execute the best signal path will win. Every time. </div> <div><br></div> <div>Humph. Rounds of regulation, my a**. <g></div> <div>David Andersen</div> <div><br></div> <div><br> <div> <div>On Jan 29, 2008, at 2:45 PM, David Andersen wrote:</div><br> <blockquote type="cite"><br> <div> <div>On Jan 29, 2008, at 2:15 PM, Leslie Bartlett wrote:</div><br> <blockquote type="cite"><span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 16px Helvetica; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate"> It's not really so different than Potter or Reblitz.</span></blockquote> <br></div> <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> <div><br></div> <div>Blow distance, some aftertouch, then spring strength. Foist and fawmost, kiddies. Balance is the key.</div> <div><br></div> <div>xoDA</div><br></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote></div> <div><br>I guess that's why I prefer Kawai's circle of refinement to Yamaha's 37 steps, in the circle of refinement you are seeking to regulate/adjust/refine as needed to bring the action to the point of functioning properly rather than  following a list of steps some of which may seem/be superfluous. In the circle of refinement it is not unheard of to repeat/redo and adjustment after performing some of the other adjustments, it's considered another step on the road to refinement.</div> <div> </div> <div>Mike<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.<br>Michael Magness<br>Magness Piano Service<br>608-786-4404<br><a href="http://www.IFixPianos.com">www.IFixPianos.com</a><br> email <a href="mailto:mike@ifixpianos.com">mike@ifixpianos.com</a> </div>