<!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 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Well, aftertouch was all over the = place. Some hammers barely made it to let off, some had a wee bit, but drop was consistently low. None of this really tells you what was wrong, however.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana RPT</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=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 28, = 2006 7:00 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Puzzeler from = Seattle</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please tell us about aftertouch - = we're in the dark there.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What model piano is = this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</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><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>NOPE! Hammers are bored just fine. = This is a much older piano, about 1932.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>Joseph Alkana RPT</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"> </DIV>Knowing Baldwin, the bore distance was probably wrong & you're going = to have to compromise "almost" everything to get it work out decently! <BR><BR>Avery <BR><BR>At 07:47 PM 2/28/2006, you wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>For the newbies, and seasoned = vets to chuckle over:<BR></FONT> <BR> <BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" size=2>OK, here's a little  = mystery question for you regarding the weird feeling action of a Small = Baldwin grand piano.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" = size=2>I arrived today for a regulation job at customer's house. Took a = quick tour of the action with my fingers, and proclaimed the action a = mess. Let off  appeared to be about a half an inch from the = strings, Drop was really low and keys were pretty much evenly low from factory = spec, but just slightly, dip was a very fat 3/8". But here's the weird = thing that caught me off guard for a few mystifying moments: The = hammers were already adjusted to be a 1 3/4" to 1 7/8" and were pretty much = in a good straight line. <BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Arial, = Helvetica" size=2>Yikes! I thought. Where am I going to get enough = whippen lift from??? OK, that was the quickie analysis. What was wrong with = the action set up as it was? Original hammers, and not too worn, by = the way.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica" = size=2>Joseph Alkana RPT</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HT= ML>