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<DIV>David, Rick,</DIV>
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<DIV>Bending the spoons so that the dampers lift easily was pretty
easy. You can see the difference in spoon level between the blocks and=
the
tricords. The line of spoons was pretty even, and getting them even wa=
sn't
particularly difficult. Putting them back where they were won't be so =
hard
either....:-)</DIV>
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<DIV>I adjusted the trap lever stop screw accordingly. </DIV>
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<DIV>I played both pianos and had others play them. From a purely
subjective point of view, there seemed to be more control at ppp. Dale=
's
point about playing at FF is of some concern. I really didn't hammer o=
n
the pianos. As I'll be tuning one of them next week, I will certainly =
try
it.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ric, I'm curious about your method of putting small weights on the=
keys in front of the balance rail holes. You said you used some kind o=
f
tape? Sorry, the previoius e-mail was the victim of a recent
mass-deletion...</DIV>
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<DIV>Dave S.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 1/21/2006 6:54:42 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
ricbrek@broadpark.no writes:</DIV>
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=2>I keep
missing the inclusion of the damper pedal in all this. Forgeting <BR=
>to
keep the pedal in line just wont do at all... :)...<BR><BR>Strikes me that=
damper timing is very closely related to a desirable <BR>degree of damper
travel... which is again tied to pedal travel... They <BR>both have to mat=
ch
so that the foot likes the control moment it has over <BR>the damper syste=
m
whilst at the same time the fingers like the control <BR>over the dampers =
they
have, all the while both ending up such that the <BR>stop rail represents =
the
same end point for damper lever travel in both <BR>cases. Its not re=
ally
about anything else... certainly not about
<BR>touchweight.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB<BR><BR>by the way David... did you =
know
that Ilvedson translates from the <BR>Norwegian roughly to "the Son of Sic=
k
Wood" ??? grin...<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB<BR><BR>David Ilvedson
writes..<BR><BR>Dave,<BR>One more thing...this is easily changed back on
pianos with spoons...not <BR>so easily on Steinways, Yamahas, etc....how m=
any
pianos use spoons for <BR>damper/key lift?<BR>How did you adjust the spoon=
s
for eveniness of lift with keys? <BR><BR>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica,
California<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Pianotech=
list info:
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"=
>Dave
Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A
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