All. I set the goal as 7 and the parameters as 6-8. Seems safe. Jim -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Willem Blees Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 12:36 PM To: College and University Technicians Subject: Re: [CAUT] tight balancier Jim Are you doing 6 - 8 on all the reps, or just the ones int he bass? Wim Quoting Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu>: > Wim, > > Davenport advocates 6-8 grams on the rep lever (a bit more > resistance > than convention). Seems like he even went to nine. I've been doing > that > for about a year now and I really like it. Seems to stabilize the > regulation more. > > Jim Busby BYU > > -----Original Message----- > From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf > Of > Willem Blees > Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:46 AM > To: College and University Technicians > Subject: Re: [CAUT] tight balancier > > Ed > > this morning on the Concert D, I repinned about 2 dozen balanciers in > > octaves 2 and 3 from about 2 grams up to 6 grams. I had to reset the > > springs so that the hammer just barely moves up on release. The > bobbling was less than before, but they still do not check on a > medium > to soft blow. > > I checked the resistance on the lowest octave, and they were at 6 > grams already. But they are also still bobbling on a medium blow. > (They do check on a harder blow). Have you tried increasing the > resistance to more than 6 grams in the low bass? > > > Willem Blees, RPT Piano Tuner/Technician School of Music University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL USA
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