<!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 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe that would be referring to = the sharp height. 12mm would be way too much dip, which you would immediately find = from too much hammer rise after drop. That is, unless you had a blow distance = of about 60mm, which I don't think you could find on any piano = around.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Plus, in order to = have a twelve mm dip, and not have the key bottom out in the whites, you'd need a key = height of about 14mm wouldn't you? I suppose that would really teach those = students to articulate their fingers, wouldn't it!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>     So you see, I = think they were talking about key height.</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE 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=charter1400@charter.net = href="mailto:charter1400@charter.net">Cy Shuster</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 18, 2002 = 6:54 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: sharpies 12 mm, my = guess</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>Just to be clear: is 12mm the key dip measurement for sharps?  (I ask<BR>because this discussion has also talked about = the height of sharps.)<BR><BR>--Cy Shuster--<BR>MN/N. Iowa = Chapter<BR><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "antares" <<A href="mailto:antares@euronet.nl">antares@euronet.nl</A>><BR>To: = "Pianotech" <<A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>><BR>Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 4:56 PM<BR>Subject: sharpies 12 mm, my guess<BR><BR><BR>> So I suppose 12 mm for sharps is an accepted and = comfortable height and<BR>high<BR>> enough to make a proper key dip = without touching the white = keys.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>pianotech= list info: <A = href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">http://www.ptg.org= /mailman/listinfo/pianotech</A></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>