Keyframe Bedding

[Allen Wright]

I remember Scott Jones being really enthusiastic about this at his  
Steinway factory training sessions in the early 90's - let's give a  
nod to Scott on this concept, as well.

Allen Wright


On Jul 7, 2008, at 7:40 PM, erwinspiano at aol.com wrote:

> Yes, putting a little stress on the keyframe. Actually it would be  
> under a tensioning stress. I heard it first from R.Jolly & David  
> Andersen. Whatever it works.
>   Dale
>
>
>
> Stressing the keyframe?
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA 94044
>
> Jon
>   Nice idea. Easy visual.  My kind of tehnique. Jon You probably of  
> experienced this alreay. Stressing the keyframe a bit more also  
> improves the sound. I've heard it dramtically on many pianos. It  
> has to do with coulping the keyframe more intensely to the bed.
>
>   Dale
>
>
> Let's try something different, a piano related topic:
>
> An easy way to set the glide bolts is with a caliper.
>
> With the glide bolts off the keybed, measure a key
> height in front of the bolt. Reset the caliper to .015"
> to .020" higher and turn the bolt until the key touches
> the caliper. Plus .010" at the ends is sufficient.
>
> Apply slight upwards lift at the stack to see if the
> glide bolt still knocks and tweak as needed.
> This is an easy way to apply even pressure across.
>
> Longer keys would necessitate a wider gap
> measured with the caliper.
> --  
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page
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Allen Wright
London, UK






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