<!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 6.00.2800.1141" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY vLink=#800080 link=#0000ff bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sorry I didn't mean curve in the = strikeweight line. (Duh).  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I meant the curve in the ratio line. = Regulation could </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>affect DW/UW </FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2>which is used to calculate ratio.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>This would show up as curve in the BW line.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The ratio line actually corresponds = pretty well to </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>how the action feels when it is = played.  Most </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>normal in tenor and low treble, heavy = in bass</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and higher treble.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will recheck some strikeweights with = tail down, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>but if the tail is in line with the = strike point and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>shank is horizontal </FONT><FONT = face=Arial size=2>(i.e. horizontal distance </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>from center pin is same) </FONT><FONT = face=Arial size=2>why would weights </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>not be the same?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Initially I didn't spend much time = checking </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>dip and blow and checked only a couple = of </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>notes.  Obviously its an issue so = I will look </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>at this </FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2>more to get a complete picture.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>-Mark</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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">PTG</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, June 08, 2003 = 6:18 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: 1999 Steinway L = with heavy action</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <P>Mark continues <BR>  <BLOCKQUOTE>I think it's probably a regulation issue that is causing = the curve in the strikeweight line.Perhaps I need to re-regulate and = remeasure DW/UW.  I'll definitely look into it further.</BLOCKQUOTE>Mark, = since the SW's are taken completely independant of the action and its = regulation, this cant be a regulation issue. The Strike Weights weigh what they do. = Perhaps you should get your local Touchweight tech to take a look at things eh ? <P>Cheers <BR>RicB </P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>