---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 8/15/2002 8:36:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time, fordpiano@earthlink.net writes: > Subj:Re: More dip in bass > Date:8/15/2002 8:36:43 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From:<A HREF="mailto:fordpiano@earthlink.net">fordpiano@earthlink.net</A> > Reply-to:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > To:<A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > Sent from the Internet > > Phil This thread is good food for thought. I for one consider letoff an essential part of the equation( so does every one else) that should be added to the list below in the no. 4 spot. One thing I'd like to add is that I set very close let-offs. May be closer than many factory specs because pianist like tonal control and power. I learned this from Norm Neblett years ago. How close? 2mm in the bass ,1.5 tenor and 1 in the trebles. My blow is usually 1 3/4" in stwys. If I was setting wider let-offs in the bass couldn't I theoretically set the dip shallower?as escapement is happening sooner and deeper in the treble cause it's happening later. Hmm Maybe I'm just getting tired. Later Dale > > Phil, > I'm not sure what you mean by working blow distance to aftertouch off of > your > dip. As I see it there are three things we are playing with: > > 1. Blow distance > 2. Keydip > 3. Aftertouch > > If all the parts in the action were exactly the same and the regulation of > those parts was exactly the same, then if blow distance and keydip were the > same then aftertouch would be the same. Since this doesn't happen in > reality > some compromise has to be made somewhere. Basically you can keep two of > the > above the same but the third one has got to give. So you've got to decide > for > yourself which one has got to give. Dale has said that he holds keydip > constant and varies blow distance to achieve consistent aftertouch. That's > certainly legitimate and many people do that. I (and Bill) prefer to keep > the > blow distance uniform and vary the keydip to assure consistent aftertouch. > I > haven't heard anyone advocating maintaining uniform blow distance and > keydip > and letting the aftertouch vary, but that is another option (this is > actually > what I learned, and maybe what many of us learned - set the blow distance, > set > the dip with a block, and you're done. The consequence of this in the real > world is inconsistent aftertouch). > > Phil F > ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/15/f7/de/2a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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