harvey wrote: > Seems like a good place to plug this in. I have the backcheck weights for > bench reconditioning/regulation. I use 'em, and I hate 'em! > > I was once tempted to assemble one of the Wurlitzer-style devices for > adding temporary weight to keys. I never finished the project. The > Wurlitzer method was that of using a length of all-thread, along with 'xxx' > washers flopping around on the rod, the washers obviously captive at the > ends with nuts. It occurred to me that 3~5 washer-widths (per key) might > not add sufficient mass to work, in spite of Wurlitzer claims that this was > their factory method for pre-leveling. > > Has anyone ever tried this? OR, does anyone have comments on the nail-type > weights? OR, does anyone have any other ideas besides the backcheck weights? > > Sorry for the tangential topic... otherwise it would be another ten years > before I remembered it again! 8-} > > Jim Harvey, RPT Hi Jim, To build a weighting device that you describe long enough to cover the keyboard would be much to heavy to handle. You are probable takling about Kimball or at least there is a picture of a key weight in my Kimball grand regulation manual which is 20 inches long to cover a section of the keys. Using 3/8" All Thread rod and 1 3/8" washers with a 1" washer and a nut one each end of the rod is plenty heavy enough to hold down the back end of the keys for preliminary key leveling. Norm Barrett Memphis chapter
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