Weighty Problem

[Michael Jorgensen]

Hello,
     This opens another touch/geometry/regulation question.  If you bend
capstain stalks toward the player you must add keydip to avoid losing
aftertouch. Does additional keydip at lower weight create a lighter feel
than less keydip with higher downweight?
-Mike Jorgensen


 Don wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> If you bend towards the player the action will feel lighter not heavier.
> 
> At 12:02 PM 3/12/98 -0500, you wrote:
> >Do I remember correctly that the U1's capstans are on wire "stalks"?  If
> >so, you can bend them just a little off-center front-to-back relative to
> >the whippen to alter the touch without a lot of fuss.  I believe that if
> >you bent the stalks towards the player, it would add apparent weight to the
> >action.  There will be a little regulating to do afterwards, but it should
> >be relatively minor.  If the result is not what you wanted, it's easy to
> >set things back the way they were.
> >
> >I saw this demonstrated by one of the Steinway guys at a convention.  The
> >change in touchweight was verified by a set of weights he just happened to
> >have in his pocket.
> >
> >ZR!  RPT
> >Ann Arbor  MI
> >diskladame@provide.net
> >
> >----------
> >> From: Maurer family <ab254@oak-web.washington-ch.oh.us>
> >> To: pianotech-digest@ptg.org
> >> Subject: Weighty Problem
> >> Date: Thursday, March 12, 1998 12:26 AM
> >>
> >>
> >>          My client has a Yamaha U1 (upright) that I service regularly.
> >> This piano has been very consistant and my client has been very happy
> >> with it. On my last service on this piano though, the lady asked me a
> >> question that I usually don't hear very often. She asked if I could make
> >> the action heavier. It seems that her son, who is the pianist at the age
> >> of 12, has become quite good . He entered his first piano competition
> >> and had great difficulty playing on the competition piano. It was a
> >> grand that was at a local piano dealer's recital hall. I assume that it
> >> was a Steinway because he is a Steinway dealer.
> >>  Anyway , the boy complained that the piano played exceedingly heavy and
> >> that he couldn't play his chosen piece properly. Apparently none of the
> >> participants could rehearse on this piano , so they had to play cold
> >> turkey.
> >>         I explained the major differences between her U1 and a full
> >> sized grand and that if her son continued to become more accomplished
> >> on the piano that she really should consider upgrading. Her response was
> >> that they didn't have enough room for a grand , much as thay would like
> >> to have one. Then she reitorated her question.
> >>         My experience with action improvement has always been with
> >> trying to make actions play easier ,or should I say with as little
> >> frictional resistance as possible. How can I solve this customers
> >> problem without radically changing what I find is a fine working action?
> >>
> >>                             Tunefully,
> >>                                     Cliff Maurer (Lunytuner)
> >>
> >
> >
> Regards, Don