---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Fred By the way it should have springs on it already. Dale I have a customer with a small Kawai grand from the early 80's which has a very heavy touch weight. In my experience, this is very common among Kawai grands of that era (especially the ones sold as Howards), and I expect downweights in the area of 65 gm, upweights around 40 gm. I have serviced several, but never has a customer wanted me to do anything about the weight. They've all either liked the heavy weight, or been too cheap to spend a dime. Until now. This particular customer has developed "wrist problems" (incipient carpel tunnel?), and is wondering whether to trade pianos or have this one worked on. So I need to be able to speak with authority and say a) I can take care of this problem. It will cost $X. Or, b) You are better advised to trade in and get a different piano. My sense is that $X needs to be in the "up to $500" range. IOW, action geometry changes are probably out of the picture. So I wonder if any of you have experience in addressing weight issues in small Kawai's of this vintage, and would be willing to share. Specifically, I'm wondering if a combination of wipp spring adjustment, adding a bit of lead to keys, and tapering hammers is likely to produce acceptable results. And whether just springs, just lead, or springs and lead would be enough. Thanks, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/49/77/5c/69/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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