---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment =20 Richard Please hear me & with all due respect. I can feel that . Actually, IMHO, an 1/8 th inch in damper lift timing can make a HUGE =20 difference in action feel especially with high ratio actions. Frankly it=20 doesnt' concern me what Seiler might think but rather my clients. There is a sweet spot for ,most pianos, & when setting this up I find i= t=20 most often that spot to be at half travel when the key aciton cycle is at=20 it's most efficient & friction free spot in movement Picking up the dampe= r=20 prematurely can increase the feel of touch weight or heavy touch syndrome=20 dramatically on some actions. I'm always looking for the optimum sweet sp= ot when=20 setting up a custom balnced action so that I don't inadvertantly sabatoge=20 all that fiddlin & didlin I just went thru to create a very fluid action f= eel. Regards DAle Erwin The damper timing I thought was determined by the manufacturer. When the=20 key goes down it meets a couple of resistance points. One, the end of the=20= key=20 contacting the damper lift lever (but who can feel that?) , and two, the ja= ck=20 contacting the let off button. (which everybody can feel) Since the =20 contact between the key and damper lift lever is what, 1/8 inch leeway wha= t=20 difference does it really make? The most important consideration is that d= ampers=20 lift as a unit as the damper pedal is depressed so that =E2=80=9Chalf dampe= ning=E2=80=9D can=20 be utilized. =20 I can imagine asking any of the piano makers including Seiler who show up=20 for the National Convention where they prefer the key to hit the damper lev= er=20 and why. ---ric _www.pnotec.com_ (http://www.pnotec.com/) =20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d7/ab/01/52/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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