> The limit is where the sharp ends up above the whites when it is on the >punching. If you start with too high a keyheight, with an action that needs >little keydip, you will needlessly make a lot of work for the pianist and the >sharps will be uncomfortably tall. > If you start too low, and the action needs a lot of keydip, you will be >burying them, a condition that few people like. The optimum height of the >sharps is to a degree, dependant on both the action ratios and the customers >preferences. >Regards, >Ed Foote To add to Ed's comment: This is why I feel sample notes are necessary (5 or so, regulating backwards, starting with the sharp height & dip, then the white height & dip (in relation to case parts as well as..more importantly...jack placement at key bottom). This approach will prevent the ultimate "OOPS" factor, leveling all the keys, putting the stack back on finding out way too late the sharps bury to China! Dave Swartz Northwestern College Roseville, MN dms2000@majesticpiano.com
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