Good morning Avery, Are you sure the springs are too strong? If they are lifting early that will give an illusion of heavy touch. Try setting the timing on a few offenders and see if that solves the problem. If you are going to reset the springs there is one way to do the job without a gram guage. Remove the tray and turn it up side down and adjust the springs by how far the levers hang. Observe and take into account the lead weights in the levers. Alos some springs can be adjusted by adjusting how close the coil is to the flange or the flange rail. By pulling the wire out of its hole weakens the spring action by raising the coil relative to the long arm end of the spring. The spring is an adjunct to the leads and the weight of the hammer heads and is intended to introduce springyness to the sytem and help dampening by absorbing energy through the spring. They are not intended to substitute for bad felt or poor regulation. Good damping. Newton nhunt@rci.rutgers.edu
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