set letoff to get acceptable aftertouch?

[Megan Carlton Photography]

hi all

would any of you ever set letoff far away enough from
the strings to get acceptable aftertouch, if nothing
else seems to be working? it's a crappy piano, a
bradbury console. i'm need to get an acceptable
regulation, but nothing more.

i've tried playing with strike distance and dip and
can't seem to get good enough aftertough in a small
section of the bass (perhaps two and a half octaves)
to avoid bobbling. also the dip is about 12 mm. is it
a sin to go deeper to get acceptable aftertouch? i
don't remember hearing anyone mentioning keydip that
deep.

oh, and another thing. some of the sharps and naturals
in lower half of the bass section feel heavy.  the
only thing i can compare it to in my imagination is
having a 3 inch sharp key, with the balance pin being
1 inch away from the player end of the key, and having
a 10 pound weight sitting on the other end of the key.
now can you imagine how that would feel? and it seems
like the higher i have tried setting the key height to
get a little more dip, the heavier it feels.

?!?!

daniel carlton