Nicely put Jim. I find myself once again in 100% agreement with you. Cheers RicB James Ellis wrote: > > Hey Fellows, > > I'm getting confused as to who said what, but I'll say this, and I think it > will be very close to what Richard said in his latest post. I might change > the emphasis a little bit. > > If you start with evenly graduated hammer-head weights, and you are > consistent with the shanks you use, then you will automatically have evenly > graduated strike weights. If you are then consistent with the other action > parts and geometry you use, and you weigh off the keys for even balance > weights, and you are consistent in the way you weigh off the keys, then you > will automatically have evenly graduated moments of inertia in the action. > The main factors determining what that will be are, 1) the hammer head > mass, 2) the action geometry. The masses of the other parts of a common > piano action have less effect on the total MOI. > > If you want to feel what the MOI of the action feels like, that's easy to > do. Simply do some rapid repeats down on key #1, and then do the same > thing on key #88. If your balance weitght is consistent, and nothing is > sluggish, the big difference you feel will be the difference in the MOI. > It's just that simple. > > Jim Ellis > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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