---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment David, Rick, Bending the spoons so that the dampers lift easily was pretty easy. You can see the difference in spoon level between the blocks and the tricords. The line of spoons was pretty even, and getting them even wasn't particularly difficult. Putting them back where they were won't be so hard either....:-) I adjusted the trap lever stop screw accordingly. I played both pianos and had others play them. From a purely subjective point of view, there seemed to be more control at ppp. Dale's point about playing at FF is of some concern. I really didn't hammer on the pianos. As I'll be tuning one of them next week, I will certainly try it. Ric, I'm curious about your method of putting small weights on the keys in front of the balance rail holes. You said you used some kind of tape? Sorry, the previoius e-mail was the victim of a recent mass-deletion... Dave S. In a message dated 1/21/2006 6:54:42 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, ricbrek@broadpark.no writes: I keep missing the inclusion of the damper pedal in all this. Forgeting to keep the pedal in line just wont do at all... :)... Strikes me that damper timing is very closely related to a desirable degree of damper travel... which is again tied to pedal travel... They both have to match so that the foot likes the control moment it has over the damper system whilst at the same time the fingers like the control over the dampers they have, all the while both ending up such that the stop rail represents the same end point for damper lever travel in both cases. Its not really about anything else... certainly not about touchweight. Cheers RicB by the way David... did you know that Ilvedson translates from the Norwegian roughly to "the Son of Sick Wood" ??? grin... Cheers RicB David Ilvedson writes.. Dave, One more thing...this is easily changed back on pianos with spoons...not so easily on Steinways, Yamahas, etc....how many pianos use spoons for damper/key lift? How did you adjust the spoons for eveniness of lift with keys? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, California _______________________________________________ Pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives Dave Stahl Dave Stahl Piano Service 650-224-3560 _http://dstahlpiano.net/_ (http://www.dstahlpiano.net/) ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/93/53/65/bd/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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