Ted... The long blow distance will give that heavy feel. Dick RPT MT -----Original Message----- From: Ted Simmons <ted@brevard.net> To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org> Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 1:39 PM Subject: Piano touch too heavy >A Church asked me to give an evaluation and estimate on several of its >pianos, one of which was a grand piano shorter than 5 feet -- sort of a >LaPetite size. >The hammers were resting on the rebound rail and the keys weren't level, >etc., so I convinced him that it needed an action regulation. As I was >leaving with the action he said "It's got a heavy touch, see if you can do >something about that?". When I got the action on my workbench and did >touchweight measurements I got downweights of 52 to 60 grams and upweights >from 24 to 38. These numbers are within spec as far as I can tell and the >action should not feel heavy to the touch. So what do I do now? Any ideas >or comments? > >Ted Simmons >Merritt Island, FL > > >
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