Same here, my rumor was Kimball...I made one too, the washers don't fall over, but I was never satisfied with how level the keys actually got as a result of using it. Roger Weisensteiner once told me how they really leveled keys in the Kimball factory, the blind techs did it...by feel! >From: Ron Nossaman <nossaman@SOUTHWIND.NET> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org >To: pianotech@ptg.org >Subject: Re: Dummy weights (was Re: Touchweight) >Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1999 16:50:19 -0500 (CDT) > > > > > >I can see the Whurlie idea working if one uses BIG washers or fender > >washers. How to keep them upright? > > > >The one I made uses 1 3/8" OD, 9/16" ID washers on a 3/8" rod.They're >corralled by washers at each end held by the machine screw in the end of >the >tubing. There's enough slack at the end of the washer stack to let them >slide up and down relative to each other in use, but not enough to let them >flop over. They stay upright just fine. Back when I made mine, the rumor >was >that it was a Kimball invention, like it would matter. > > Ron N > _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
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