Joe... You have to understand here.... grin.. I just got done with the first session of the Yamaha Academy in June, and now I am going back to the masters course in late october. I HAVE to do things by specs now.. at least I have to hold to the ones that Yamaha have written in stone. For Yamaha, as Andrč reminded me, aftertouch is regulated directly by blow. Key height, and especially keydip is written in stone, and letoff and drop are nearly so. I can push let off to minumums and lessen some of the aftertouch. What I can not do... (unless the whippen cushions get lowered in one fashion or another), is regulate blow to much further then 48 mm... which is really the crux of this querrie / observation. Its a first for me to run into the situation that you simply cant lower the hammer line past the 48-49 mm blow because the rest cushion gets in the way. That said... of course I could fudge dip to get less aftertouch. I can scratch my left cheek to ease the itch on my nose too :) Cheers RicB Joe Garrett wrote: > RicB, > Why do you insist on 10mm dip? IMO, aftertouch should be the ultimate > criteria. So what if the dip is 9mm? Seems like a no brainer, to me. > If everything else is functioning properly and you don't get bobbling > with a shallower dip....go for it. Many pianists dislike a dip at > 10mm. Some prefer it as shallow as is feasible. Speed will increase, > but power will suffer, slightly. Most Yamamas could use a bit less > "power", IMHO!<G> > Best Regards, > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > Captain, Tool Police > Squares R I
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