I guess some ideas S&S does not adopt. Good thing. Tight b/r/h = poor regulation and poor repetition . (period) Jon Page ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At 12:17 PM 11/13/98 -0600, you wrote: > This must have been a little while ago or things have changed. All 5 >of the new B's we got last year had major looseness at the balance hole. >There had to be a LOT of sizing done. One is still not as it should be. >Someone sure got over-enthusiastic with the easing tool on these!!!!! > I'm having a hard time understanding how keys that are too tight at >the balance hole would increase repetition speed. >Avery >> As a side note, when I was at the Steinway factory for my "factory >>training week", J. Pramberger was in charge of production, and the balance >>rail holes were extremely tight. I was told this was his idea for increasing >>repetition speed! I found that it was not possible to get a really even key >>level, and measuring the aftertouch was difficult, since there was a strange >>feeling of resistance at the very bottom of the keydip. Anybody else got any >>ideas on this?? >>Ed Foote
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