<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: regulation problems in Aeolian era M and H 50"</title></head><body> <div>At 9:55 AM -0500 12/19/04, Piannaman@aol.com wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite" cite> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana" size="-1" color="#000000"> There was a huge gap between the bottom of the key and the punching when the key was depressed.  This led to hammers blocking, bobbling, and a feel that could only be described as spongy. </font></blockquote> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">Keith,</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">That's what's been causing me problems.  I've searched and searched, and I can't figure it out.  I've decreased blow distance, and there was not enough aftertouch and bobbling hammers regardless of how I tried to regulate it.<br> <br> I'll try to get back over there sometime early in the new year and see what I can figure out.  Very frustrating piano.  </font><br> <font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000">Thanks for the input.</font></blockquote> <div><font face="Arial" size="-1" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">You're welcome, Dave.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">I would like to add that when you go back out, to concentrate on finding out what's creating the interference on just one of the notes, dissect it, so to speak.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Another thing that comes to mind: If this huge gap space exists on all 88 notes, then you have theoretically eliminated the damper system from being the culprit. If</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">I envision the possibility of a jack stop rail device being set too close to the jack levers, and therefore the jack levers are blocking up against this rail, preventing the completion of normal key travel.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Whatever is causing the problem ought to be very obvious, but only after you discover it.</font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></div> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Keith</font></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div>Keith McGavern<br> Registered Piano Technician<br> Oklahoma Chapter 731<br> Piano Technicians Guild<br> USA<br> </div> </body> </html>