[CAUT] Keydip--how deep

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Hello,
      Back in 1998, Ruth Laredo commented that =B3the keys go down too far=B2 o=
n
our then new D.   Dip at that time was about .415.  (This D has a high
string height).  Having wrestled with keydip question myself, I recently
asked Ralph Votapek about it.  His comment was that one could feel deeper
into the keys and get more power with deeper dip and possibly more control.
He doesn=B9t mind it.  Other worthy pianists have given me varied opinions.
My conclusion is that one size doesn=B9t necessarily fit all.
     Ed Foote=B9s post did a great job of pointing out the ruling grades for
keydip and how they vary.  Short of rebuilding the piano, replacing hammers
with different bore distance, or some other geometry alteration, there are
some choices/compromises we must make in regulating.  All we can do is
listen to the pianists comments on a particular instrument and make whateve=
r
compromise is suitable and hope that what pleases one will satisfy another.
I don=B9t think any hard-fast rule is going to suffice.
-Mike Jorgensen=20


On 10/11/05 2:20 PM, "Barbara Richmond" <piano57@insightbb.com> wrote:

> Hi folks,
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> 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.
> =20
> Just wondering how deep you are willing to go with the key dip on a Stein=
way
> 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.
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> I suppose what it really comes down to is how much difference in power th=
ere
> 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.
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> 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 feel=
s 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 st=
uff
> in the archives about dip and folks reported that they didn't have compla=
ints
> about deep dip, but I don't recall anyone getting real specific about how=
 deep
> they were actually willing to go.
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> Thanks for sharing your experience,
> =20
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
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