<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1226" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've also noticed on Charles Walters = uprights that they left pencil marks on the keysticks when they were doing the final = key leading, so I don't think that was done after it left the factory. = Let-off won't feel as pronounced on an upright as it will on a grand anyway. If you're = looking for the 1/16" gap on an upright jack, it's critical that the back = checking distance be correct, otherwise, all bets are off.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    On a grand, to get a = good feeling of a sharp let-off, the drop must be set correctly, and there = must be some aftertouch.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kevin.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no href="mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no">Richard Brekne</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, September 24, = 2003 12:14 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: no letoff = clunk</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>We dealing with a grand or an upright ? <P>A grand action might have an aftertouch that feels a bit like a = "clunk".... after all the jacktop does lift the knuckle a mm or two off the = repetition arm before it slips out from underneath it, and then the shank falls = quickly down onto the arm again. But its supposed to be a rather comfortable clunk = if you want to use that word :) <P>None of this has anything to do with keyleading tho... tho perhaps = you were just point out that it looked like somebody had been dinking around = with the action before ?? <P>In anycase... as long as you are getting letoff close enough, = enough drop / jack clearance, and things work well... is there a problem ? Is it = just that aftertouch is too smooth ?? That condition in a grand action normally = means one of two things to me... either the letoff button engages too (just = a tad before the drop button) , or there is simply too little aftertouch. <P>RicB <BR>  <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE="CITE">> Hello all , <BR>> I was summoned to = work on a Charles Walter yesterday, and could not feel the letoff except on = a few keys . there is > plenty of key height and dip.It looks as though = someone added more key weight.I found pencil lines on the keys where > = the leads looked different than the originals.The jack seems to kinda roll off = the butte with no clunk . Would someone > please help. <BR>> = Thanks <BR>> Dan RPT <BR>> <BR><A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives"></A> </BLOCKQ= UOTE><BR>  <P>-- <BR>Richard Brekne <BR>RPT, N.P.T.F. <BR>UiB, Bergen, Norway = <BR><A href="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A> = <BR><A = href="http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html">http://home.broad= park.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html</A> <BR><A = href="http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html">http://www.hf.uib= .no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html</A> <BR>  </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>