<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000EE" vlink="#551A8B" alink="#FF0000">   Antares wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>  <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 about 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 there is at least 3 mm of felt missing due to wear and reshapeing, well you are going to have one heck of an aftertouch sensation unless you compensate somewhere. 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 years down the line be ready to start flying by the seat of your pants. Or have the luxery of working on instruments that are in great shape to begin with. And even then.. pray you dont run into that kind of customer that just doesnt 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> </blockquote> Grin... I think I am going to like this guy... Just how well DO you know Willem Baijs ?? Richard B. </body> </html>