Ratio question

Dan Reed pianoarts at tx.rr.com
Sun May 11 11:31:09 MDT 2008


Phil,

In addition to the distance from the balance rail to the front rail 
pin, It seems the formula would also have to take into account, the 
distance from the back rail...the 'fixed' position where the key will 
be pivoting from...

(Help...Is there a real math person out there?)

Dan


On May 11, 2008, at 11:19 AM, Phil Bondi wrote:

> Hi all, and Happy Mothers day to all the Mothers out there.
>
> Is there a ratio that can be looked upon as a standard with the 
> following scenario:
>
> If you increase the key height by ... , you will increase dip by ... .
>
> Something tells me it's not a 1:1 ratio.
>
> Curious Rook,
>
> -Phil Bondi(Fl)
>



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