<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV>Greetings,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>       I was taught first to set blow, then adjust all capstans to equal lost motion then, level keys and then regulate dip. My question always has been: If I regulate lost motion as the second step then, wont this cause uneveness in the aftertouch, since the wear/compacting of letoff felts/wippen heels, punchings in the piano happens mostly in the center? And then adding in the for or aft balance rail weight!  Also, turning the letoff buttons just a hair on a worn upright causes the rest of the adjustments to go off (way off sometimes) because one side of the button felt is worn and the other <EM>not</EM>. I thought I learned this, but I am still confused. Good news is that the concept/goal of desired piano touch outcome gets clearer. Method is still to be afound.    </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Maybe my understanding of Aftertouch is not right. I understand it to be the feeling of resistance (like a shelf that 's about to fall) that the player feels just when the jack is about to flip out..Is that right?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>Julia  </DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">The year's hottest artists on the red carpet at the Grammy Awards. <A title="http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565" href="http://music.aol.com/grammys?NCID=aolcmp00300000002565" target="_blank">AOL Music takes you there.</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>