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Piano action regulating - a reference source for students and professionals

by Brian Capleton PhD

PAPERBACK £20.00

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Covers regulating for the

BTEC Advanced Diploma in Piano Action Regulating

taught at the Royal National College

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Piano action regulating by Brian Capleton PhD

 

116 pages, 11 illustrations, laminated finish

 

The author is a Lecturer in piano technology at the Royal National College, a leading institution (a UK Beacon College) where piano technology has been taught for more than a century.

  

Includes:

  • Universal operating principles
  • Understanding friction, inertia, mass, weight, springs and touch
  • The standard upright underdamper action
  • The standard grand roller action
  • The Steinway roller action
  • The Blüthner type action
  • The D-type (Simplex) action
  • Very fine regulation techniques
  • Diagnosis

Illustrations:

  • Upright underdamper action
  • Grand roller (Érard) action
  • Blüthner-type action (1)
  • Blüthner-type action (2)
  • D-type action
  • Standard roller action views
  • The Steinway roller action

Chapters:

 

1    Introduction

 

2    Universal principles

 

3    The upright underdamper in motion

 

4    The grand roller action in motion

 

7    Regulating the upright underdamper action

 

8    Regulating the grand roller action

 

9    Very fine roller action regulating

 

10   Steinway action differences

 

11   Regulating the Blüthner-type action

 

12   Regulating the D-type action

 

13   Diagnosis

 

14   Brief notes on toning

 

15   Strike line alteration

 

     Glossary of regulation distances

 

     Some suggested reading