This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment David Stanwood will readily do this modification for you, complete with = adjustment screws. Terry Farrell =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Love=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 8:00 PM Subject: Re: Brekne and Seiler Grand Richard: Good luck with this approach. I am coming to the opinion that wippen = assist springs should only be used when they are accompanied by an = adjustment screw. Unfortunately, they are not readily available with = that configuration yet. I know Tokiwa has one in place. Hopefully, = Renner will follow. David Love ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Richard Brekne=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: September 16, 2001 2:18 PM Subject: Re: Brekne and Seiler Grand Hey there David ! I aggree... not much we can do about things right = now... perhaps when the time comes we will have more to do then we can = handle...but for now pianos is about what is in front of me to do.=20 As for the Seiler. I decided on another straight forward job. I will = even out the new hammers weights so that there SW curve starts around = 11,7 grams and end at about 5,4. Looking at a SWR of around 6.0 and = useing the maximum FW's recommended by David. This will also mean a non = whippen assist spring configuration.=20 The main reason I want to do this is to gain a bit more practice at = approaching the job from this angle. Basically I am specifying a SW = curve for voicing concerns and BW for touchweight prefered by the = instructor. Using the maximum front weight table included in the = Stannwood kit assures then that the resulting SWR will be appropriate = for the selected SW curve.=20 I think later on when I get liscensed and get a bit more experience = under my belt I will be able to decide on a lower FW table to reduce = mass, while otherwise still accomplishing what I want with regards to = SWs. Tho I think its going to be hard to avoid at some point using = whippen assist springs. I know a lot of you guys like them, and I dont = dislike them... its just that I want to first work without them for a = while.=20 Hope this answers your question. Hammers are all bored, and I will = be starting the installation next week when the instructor is away for a = few days.=20 =20 =20 David Love wrote:=20 Richard: Even amidst all this turmoil I feel the need to try and = recapture some sense of normalcy. Tell me, what did you decide to do = about the Seiler weight problem. David Love --=20 Richard Brekne=20 RPT, N.P.T.F.=20 Bergen, Norway=20 mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no=20 =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/2c/44/f7/e8/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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