<!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 6.00.2800.1276" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>why not try and tell the pianist that = his father really knows that he has now grown up to a really good guy = ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</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 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@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, December 30, = 2003 10:39 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Depowering a = Piano</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yamaha C3, piano bar in nightclub. = Serviced every two weeks. Always been a good piano in very good condition. New piano = player for last two or three months. The guy is a major pounder. Lots of = broken bass strings (maybe 10 in the last two months - never before). The key = bushings have also gone from excellent condition to slapping neighboring keys.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The guy I work for requested that I = depower the piano by decreasing blow distance and, correspondingly, key dip. Seems = like a good idea. I had not heard of that approach before. Seems to me the = piano player will notice it and not like it. But that is just my = guess. I reduced dip in the bass by 0.075" - and then blow by about five times = that - to about 1.5 inches. (From middle "C" on down, I added 0.025" = punchings on the front rail every half-octave until I got to the bass where I added the = three punchings to each front key pin - so that there was a transition to = the shorter dip.)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have seen recommendations for = increasing let-off to depower a pounder. I have never tried that though. Just = curious whether anyone has any experience with the technique I outlined above, = and how much dip/blow reduction is best to adequately depower the piano, = but not aggravate the player too much. The amount I used what just a wild = guess on my part.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>