[CAUT] Keydip--how deep

[Jeff Tanner]

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On Oct 11, 2005, at 2:20 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:

> 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.

I don't measure aftertouch at the key, but rather as a function of  
what happens at the hammer after drop.  So, I have no idea what .030"  
aftertouch does to the feel of the piano.  I just don't think of it  
that way.  That said, our Ds get thunderous power from .390" dip  
(naturals) and somewhere around 1 3/4" hammer blow (ahem, or whatever  
gets me the escapement relationship I'm after), and repetition is  
lightening fast.  I'm not a trained pianist, but keydip much over  
13/32" (.406") begins to feel clumsy to me.   I'm under the  
persuasion that power is generated more by the resiliency of the  
hammer than the blow distance.  In Nashville, the Steinway techs said  
they are now recommending and using .400 on everything.

Jeff T


Jeff Tanner, RPT
University of South Carolina




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