Hi John, I am thinking the same thing. Maybe it's good enough. This piano was headed for the scrap heap. The owner was going to take an axe to it until I pointed out the tons of tension placed on the plate by the strings. I am not an accomplished pianist, but compared with other uprights that I have played, this one seems awfully heavy. I may check my pinning on some of the bass as the friction is too low. I aimed at 4-5 swings when I repinned. I didn't take into consideration that the heavier bass hammers required tighter pinning. Let's face it, I am a novice as far as this aspect of piano technology is concerned. Yeah, it's lots of fun. Thanks Terry At 07:46 PM 7/19/99 -0400, you wrote: >Terry, >The DW is acceptable, especially for an upright. To me >it's good enough. The high UW means good repetition. >Nice low friction. > >If you really want to get serious about touchweight on an >upright then you would need a gram tension gage and set >the hammer springs to regimented intervals and even. >What they would be, I don't know. But that would be the first >step before re-leading. To get really persnickety then adjust the >jack spring tension followed with damper spring tension. > >Remember, it's an upright, chances are that an accomplished player >won't be pursuing the "smoothness' effect from it. But if they are, >you'll know what to do. > >Fun, ain't it? > >Good Luck, > >Jon Page >
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