set letoff to get acceptable aftertouch?

[Ed Sutton]

The operant word here is probably "console."
If this piano has a compressed action and short keys, it isn't going to 
regulate very well at best.
A full sized vertical jack has about a 5.5 to 1 length to toe ratio. It 
whips out of the way quickly.
Console actions have short jacks. They don't clear the butt very well.
The short keys don't fall back well, so it needs extra lost motion. It needs 
help everywhere.
You're doing good if all the notes repeat and don't bobble too much.
Performance expectations of full-sized vertical actions don't apply to 
console actions.
Good luck.
Ed Sutton


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Megan Carlton Photography" <megdanmak at sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 1:03 PM
Subject: set letoff to get acceptable aftertouch?


> 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
>
>