What is a Hamburg D blow distance suppose to be? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ed Foote" <a440a at aol.com> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 4/24/2010 2:57:37 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Strange capstan reconfiguration. > > I found that the capstans had been moved BACK some 7mm back and then turbo >Renner wippens installed. I'm wondering why? Wouldn't moving capstans back make >the action heavier? To "fix" this, would the turbo wippens make up for this in a way. > Why mess with what was there? This is a Steinway B from the 20's.<> All else is >"normal". It plays like a truck, but I found the blow distance at 1 -7/8" instead of >1-3/4" and the jacks are waaay too far under the jacks, so that will help a bunch >fixing that. > Greetings, > I think the blow on a B is usually supposed to be around 1 7/8", as are the D's >and C's. I would be interested in what the action ratio is, and how much the >hammers weigh, and what is the knuckle distance and diameter. It would also be >important to check the spread. Also, what is the dip, and how much aftertouch >there is. > "Playing like a truck" doesn't always mean "heavy" to pianists. Sometime excess >lead in the keys will give rise to this description,ie, easy to play slowly, but faster or >heavier play runs into the inertia problem. >More info? >Ed Foote RPT >http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html > >
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