Fred, Absolutely! That is what I found. But, has the radius changed? (tail) My new Steinways from 2 months ago had a very sharp radius which I also changed with a few quick strokes of the paddle. That seemed to give more surface area and needs less roughing up in the long run. Did they indeed make that change? Eric Schandall suggested clamping the shanks and do quick grinding (sanding with drill tool or similar) of all the tails to make a better radius since if you do each individually it is less uniform and more time consuming. Thanks, Jim Busby BYU -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Fred Sturm Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 9:12 AM To: College and University Technicians Subject: RE: Pinning and Tone --On Tuesday, October 28, 2003 8:08 AM -0700 Jim Busby <jim_busby@byu.edu> wrote: > Richard, > > This is exactly what started this thread, and after my visit with Eric > Schandall and repinning to 4 grams with higher checking things are > working wonderfully. Fred said 1-3 grams, but Eric told me "No less than > 2, no more than 4". Also, they are making the tails a bit longer and > want higher checking. It doesn't hurt repetition. It helps it. The key > seems to be to pay careful attention to the rep spring strength. No > bouncing, jerking, etc. but a firm rise w/o a jump. > > Jim Busby BYU > Yes,I think high checking is the key. What we were told was "as high as possible", meaning just missing dragging on up stroke. And with current factory tail radius and check angle, 3/8" is the norm (used to be hard to get 5/8 with the "bad old days" tail shape and length, and check geometry). My own take is that if I have a problem with checking, I'd rather live with it than compromise on let-off or drop. Scuff the tails more often, keep the rep spring maybe a tad weaker (in terms of perceived rapidity of rise) than I might otherwise. If you have high checking, even if piano/pianissimo check isn't very reliable, it won't be troublesome to the pianist. Not nearly as much as increased drop, IMO. Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico _______________________________________________ caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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