Hi Patrick, I would suggest telfon powder burnished into the knuckles. Consider alcohol and water for flange treatment. I doubt a dc system will solve tight flanges. You could use a heat gun to see if that helped. At 09:48 AM 09/09/2001 -0400, you wrote: >Dear List: >I have a customer with a recent (approx. 5 years old) 6' 10" Schimmel >grand. They've been resistant to suggestions about climate control >but one of their sons is pretty serious about piano, so he's >complaining to the parents (not just me) about the heavy touch. It >hadn't seemed too bad earlier, but after a summer with a very >pronounced heat wave/extreme humidity, the downweight is very high >(70 g), and individual hammers only swing 1-2 times on the swing >test. Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.xoasis.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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