set letoff to get acceptable aftertouch?

[Farrell]

> would any of you ever set letoff far away enough from
> the strings to get acceptable aftertouch, if nothing
> else seems to be working?

No.

> 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.

You should be able to remove punchings at the front rail pin or even use a 
thinner felt punching.

> 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.

Yes, mortal sin. You've already got way too much dip. Reduce blow or 
sumptin'

> 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.

Well, what is the touchweight? How many leads in bass keys? Is this an 
upright or a grand?
>
> daniel carlton
>