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Piano action regulating - a reference source for students and professionals

by Brian Capleton PhD

ISBN 978-0-9554649-1-1

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116 pages, 11 illustrations, laminated finish

 

By the author of the Royal National College BTEC Advanced Diploma in Piano Action Regulating.

  

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