<html> <body> Yes & NO! I've learned that one the hard way.  Remember there is such a thing as key flex and hammer shank flex.  If you get too close too late you will rob the pianist of power and he will be most ungrateful.  DAMHIK It can feel that way on a test blow, just don't set it up that way on a soft key press. Andrew Anderson At 07:18 PM 2/14/2008, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">It seems to me that I read some where that a well timed action gave the perception that the key bottoms out exactly  when the hammer reaches the string.  If that is true then it seems to me that that would be our ultimate goal in regulating. Regardless of the numbers. Am I wrong? Gerald McCleskey RPT ----- Original Message ----- <dl> <dd>From: <a href="mailto:reggaepass@aol.com">reggaepass@aol.com</a> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> <dd>Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 4:42 PM <dd>Subject: Re: basic regulating question <dd>Just want to second Ed's priorities and protocols. <dd>Alan Eder <dd>-----Original Message----- <dd>From: <a href="mailto:A440A@aol.com">A440A@aol.com</a> <dd>To: <a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a> <dd>Sent: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:06 pm <dd>Subject: Re: basic regulating question <tt> <dd>         I have found that artists a FAR more sensitive to let-off <dd>irregularites than they are slight changes in keydip.   If I had to alter <dd>anything to <dd>make the after-touch even while keeping the same key-dip, it would be the blow!  <dd>But I submit that keydip is less important than aftertouch. <dd>      At the very top of the line regulation, I alter keydip AND blow so that <dd>aftertouch is identical.  When doing this, I first set the keydip to a static <dd>value and make sure all keys are equal.  If, with an consistant blow, I have <dd>unequal aftertouch, I will move the keydip as much as .010" and the blow as <dd>much as .060" from the predetermined specs.  The effect of splitting the <dd>difference like this,(between the dip and blow)  is to make all the <dd>irregularities <dd>fall below the threshold of even the most sensitive pianists.  <dd>    I have never seen any pianist notice .010" difference in keydip if the <dd>aftertouch was even, but I have been called back for having less than 1/16" <dd>difference between let-offs, (Ronnie Milsap is able to tell instantly if the <dd>let-off is not exactly even, but he never noticed the slight difference in dip.) <dd>Regards,  <dd>Ed Foote RPT <dd><a href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html"> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html</a> <dd> <a href="http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html" eudora="autourl"> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html</a> <dd>  ************** The year's hottest artists on the red carpet <dd>at the Grammy Awards. Go to AOL Music.       <dd>(<a href="http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)"> http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565)</HTML</a> > </tt> <hr> <dd>More new features than ever. Check out the new <a href="http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/text.htm?ncid=aolcmp00050000000003"> AOL Mail</a>! </dl></blockquote></body> </html>