<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'><br> <br> <div style="clear:both"><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Fenton Murray <FMurray@cruzio.com><br> Sent: Fri, Aug 24, 2012 9:29 pm<br> Subject: RE: [pianotech] action ratio<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_41172f8e-9df9-4fbd-913b-16f8c6a3b4e5"> <div class="WordSection1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">Very interesting.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:">I think the answere to Dave’s question is “ it’s equal to let off”</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><br> </div> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"><tt> </tt></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"><br> <tt>  </tt></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"></span></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">-----Original Message-----<br> From: David Love <<a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a>><br> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>><br> Sent: Fri, Aug 24, 2012 8:03 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] action ratio</span></div> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_0aff85b8-a8ef-48eb-a54c-df8127990ad4"> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">One formula for the action ratio has been given as:</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Key out </span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> x <u>wippen out </u> x <u>shank out </u> =  <u>blow distance – let off</u></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Key in      wippen in    shank in       key dip – after touch</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Does anyone happen to know what the standard (or minimum) aftertouch is in this formula or how it was derived? </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">Thanks</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">David Love</span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">www.davidlovepianos.com</a></span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> </span></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </font>