<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 9/5/2004 1:33:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes:</DIV> <DIV>  <FONT size=3>Ric</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>  Good analysis. The short answer is your leverage = is too good. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Now I thought 48 mmm was standard spec for = blow on most of Yamaha grands. I would set letoff closer as you did to consume some dip/aftertouch.    </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   Beyond this I suspect capstan placement could be too far back or perhaps a slight adjustment of = the action spread would change the action key ratio enough to bring it back into= tolerance. This is fairly unusual for Yamaha. With all their jigs & fixt= ures to assure uniformity action to action. This is odd.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>   I don't like actions set up this way as the= overall touch weight usual ends up heavy as is the typical problem with Bald= win. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> Are the knuckles perhaps to close to the center pi= n? This would also contribute to the problem. It could be one or more contribut= ing factors but with Yamaha a compounding series of errors would be likely, Don'= t you think?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3> Dale</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size= =2>So... in the end.. I had 48+ mm blow, standard Yamaha spec letoff and <BR>drop, 10 = mm dip,  64 mm key height and too much aftertouch with no real <BR>way o= f getting less.  Ok.. I could have fudged a bit on let off... but a <BR= >few tests didnt really get me where I wanted... I would have had to go <BR>wit= h about 2 mm in the bass... 1 mm in the treble, and a 9.5 key dip to <BR>get= the aftertouch down to where I usually like it... which is by no <BR>means too= little.<BR><BR>Anyone got an idea as to what could be wrong here ??<BR><BR>Cheer<BR>RicB</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>