<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Re: Another thought about Steinway, and specific measurements ingene= ral</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF"> <BLOCKQUOTE> Yes yes yes.. But my dear freind Antares. We are not talking about a new or= almost new high quality piano, we are not talking about factory regulating,= or regulating just prior to delivery to the customer, nor are we talking ab= out regulating a piano that the regulator knows from experience fits = specs. We are talking about a 35 year old Steinway L with god know what wear= and tear and tinkering have gone on since it was last touched. If you set a= Yamaha hammer to string distance to the specs you site above knowing that t= here is at least 3 mm of felt missing due to wear and reshapeing, well you a= re going to have one heck of an aftertouch sensation unless you compensate s= omewhere. And if you compensate ... well hey.. there goes that spec out the = window. At the design and assembly stage, great... spec your heart out. But a few y= ears down the line be ready to start flying by the seat of your pants. Or ha= ve the luxery of working on instruments that are in great shape to begin wit= h. And even then.. pray you dont run into that kind of customer that just do= esnt like the feel of the factory settings. We's-a not-a living in-a to-a dimensionale world-a. Richard Brekne Sydneskleiven 1 5010 Bergen, Norway OK, then how about that Heineken Richard? it may help... Antares </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML>