47-49mm (From the technical manual) Paul From: Ed Foote <a440a at aol.com> To: caut at ptg.org Date: 04/24/2010 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Strange capstan reconfiguration. David asks: What is a Hamburg D blow distance suppose to be? Hmm, it would be in mm, but regardless, the Hamburg pianos, which in my experience are built much closer to design and more consistently than the New York models, will have their hammershanks approx 3-5 mm above the rest felts. However, you can set the blow by first getting the dip and let-off correct and then turn the capstan until you have your desired aftertouch. That is the proper blow distance for that action. Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100425/09d9e093/attachment-0001.htm>
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