[CAUT] Keydip--how deep

Barbara Richmond piano57@insightbb.com
Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:20:40 -0500


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Hi folks,

I've had some private correspondence with a few about this, but what the =
heck, I'll go public to get a few more opinions.

Just wondering how deep you are willing to go with the key dip on a =
Steinway D.   I'm trying to decide when to sacrifice blow distance for =
comfortable dip--or making the dip deeper than I like to eek out more =
blow distance.  =20

I suppose what it really comes down to is how much difference in power =
there would be between 1 7/8" blow and 1 3/4"?  Significant?  This is a =
really big hall (a bit less than 3500 seats), so power is an issue. =20

Right now (with Crescendo punchings) dip is at .401" (my .391 block with =
a .010" punching added), blow around 1 3/4" with .030" aftertouch.  It =
feels a lot better <to me> than when the blow was at 1 7/8", though I =
didn't have any complaints when the dip was deeper.  I did go back and =
read a bunch of stuff in the archives about dip and folks reported that =
they didn't have complaints about deep dip, but I don't recall anyone =
getting real specific about how deep they were actually willing to go.

Thanks for sharing your experience,

Barbara Richmond, RPT =20




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