rep springs

[Don]

Hi Wim,

Your action centers are tighter with high summer humidity.

At 10:50 AM 6/6/02 EDT, you wrote:
>I have been taught (and it says so in the regulation manuals), that the rep
>springs should be adjusted so that there is a "gentle rise," when you let
>up on the key. This winter I regulated all of the main pianos in the
>school, including the piano faculty pianos, with the rep spring set to give
>me that "gentle rise." Now, all of a sudden, piano players are complaining
>about poor repetition, and when I check out the pianos, there is almost no
>rise at all.  
> 
>Once upon a time I heard that the springs will change with the change in
>weather. But what is happening? How come all of my rep springs are flat?
>Inquiring minds want to know. 
> 
>Wim  

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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