Hi List, I have a customer who wants his 1975 Baldwin 6'8" grand to feel lighter. It was virtually unused for many years and recently had an action reconditioning and regulation. It weighed off pretty reasonable. Downweight averaged low 50's to 50 and upweight averaged upper 20's to 30. Friction seemed low if anything. There isn't a lot of lead in the keys, as much as four weights in some of the lower bass. The hammers have enough "extra" material in the cove to remove some in an arc shape. I'm wondering if doing only that would result in enough weight loss to make much difference. Has anyone done this procedure not in conjunction with leading, etc. and received good results? Sorry if you already received this. I tried to send this message yesterday from a different source computer and don't know if it went out. :) Thanks, -- Jeff Farris Piano Technician School of Music UT Austin mailto; jfarris at mail.utexas.edu 512-471-0158
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