Sharp key dip/height

[gordon stelter]

1/2 inch feels too high, and makes playing fast runs
clumsy for me. I think there is personal preference in
this aspect.
     Thump

--- Keith Roberts <kpiano@goldrush.com> wrote:
> I have thought, as a general rule the sharps should
> be 1/2 inch above the
> whites. That works out to 12.6 mm.
> Keith Roberts
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 3:30 AM
> Subject: Re: Sharp key dip/height
> 
> 
> > 14 mm above the white keys at rest is quite the
> climb upwards. Lots of
> > techs seem to gawk at 12 mm which usually leaves
> the depressed black 2 mm
> > higher then a neighboring white key at rest.
> >
> > If the specification you ask for exists, then no
> doubt like all piano
> > specifications it is viewed as a rather general
> rule of thumbs.
> Personally,
> > I like at least 0.5 mm, but I dont like to allow
> the blacks to get more
> > then 12 mm over the whites when all is a rest.
> >
> > This range allows for plenty of freedom relative
> to aftertouch and other
> > regulation concerns as well
> >
> > RicB
> >
> >
> > James Perkins wrote:
> >
> > > Is there a recommended height above the white
> keys for black keys when
> > > they are depressed?  In other words should they
> be say 14 mm above the
> > > white keys with a 10mm dip to about 4mm in the
> down position?  Or is it
> > > 'piano specific'?
> > >
> > > I would appreciate your comments.
> > >
> > > James Perkins
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> > > Australia
> > >
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