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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>How DOES one go about teaching how to =
establish
proper key height in an upright? I've heard discussions about =
parameters
as determined by case parts, balance pin height, and so on, that =
doesn't
really home in on the optimum key height.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Recently I came to a fairly new =
delivery where the
customer complained that she couldn't get sufficient repetition. =
Two other
technicians before me had tinkered with the action enough to get =
sufficient
aftertouch, but the piano played with all of the grace of a heavy =
truck.
Both technicians had confessed to the customer that they were not =
pianists, and
had done as much as they could according to the manufacturer =
specs.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now I'm hardly a pianist myself, but my =
first sense
was that the keys were sitting too low. OK, raised the key-height, =
and
regulated the action accordingly, including adjusting the key =
depth. Got a
nice aftertouch equation and turned the customer loose on playing =
it. She
reported that the action now flies.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>What have I done? Both =
technicians and the
dealer all want to know. I told them what I could, but realized =
that I had
no real way of explaining how to determine what the optimum key height =
should be
for any particular upright piano. The original key height was =
well
within the parameters mentioned above when I first came to the piano, =
but I knew
it could be greatly improved ......</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any ideas out there? =
Thanks!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Z! Reinhardt RPT<BR>Ann =
Arbor MI<BR><A
href="mailto:diskladame@provide.net">diskladame@provide.net</A></FONT><=
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