Does this work on Gnabes? Thump --- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> wrote: > Hi folks > > > I found the neatest trick for regulating the height > of the repetition > lever today. No doubt this is not new for some of > you, but I have never > heard this one before. In anycase it results in the > most even aftertouch > I have ever had. > > The key to it is that when letoff and drop are set > correct then a > incorrect repetition lever height will result in > these two adjustments > not engaging at exactly the same time. So.... rough > in pretty cleanly > letoff and drop, and then bring the hammers up and > out of the way so you > can look directly down at the top of the jack and > repetition lever. If > the key hasnt brought the whippen up firm against > the drop screw then > put a key lead or some other weight so that it does. > Then very slightly > press the key front downwards while watching the > jacks behaviour in the > repetition lever sleve. There should be no lost > motion at all. Or just a > knats whiskers perhaps. You should be able to see > that the jack just > barely pushes upwards ( and I mean barely !) and > nearly immediatly > begins to push away from its rest position. > > Then go back and fine regulate let off and drop > followed by a repeat run > through of the repetion lever height as described > above. Two, max three > passes will be enough. The result is a dead on even > aftertouch feel. > > Hammer rest height, jack to knuckle position, and > key dip all must be > set prior to this of course. > > Try it... you like it. > > Cheers > > RicB > > -- > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > UiB, Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
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