Setting the damper stop rail in a grand

[Jon Page]

Measure height of key end felt from the key bed while the front of the key is
down,
(how high the back of the key lifts).    This is how high the underlever will
be lifted.

Set the stop rail so that the underlever is raised sufficiently beyond that
measure.

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 11:51 AM 4/3/99 -0500, you wrote:
>In a message dated 4/2/99 11:24:12 AM Central Standard Time, atodd@UH.EDU 
>writes:
>
><< Bill,
> 
>    I'd never thought of clothespins there. However, I DO use them, cut
> off above the little slot for the closeline, to hold sample damper heads
> up while I'm setting the upstop rail.
> 
> Avery >>
>
>This sounds like a good one for the Tools & Tips column, Avery.  I'll set it 
>up as a question:
>
>Q.  I always set my damper stop rail in a grand by trial and error.  Does 
>anyone have any jigs or techniques for doing this in a foolproof way?
>
>(Please, Avery tell us exactly how you do this, I am interested to know).
>
>Bill Bremmer RPT
>Madison, Wisconsin
>