It's a Puzzlement!

[Farrell]

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Wouldn't be surprised if you're on the right track Ron. Even in my few =
short years in this business, I have run across numerous high-end pianos =
with key Balance Weights that are all over the place. The keyboard =
likely measured out just fine the day it was built, but when some clown =
comes along and evens out friction and regulates the piano nicely - =
watch out! Heaven forbid if someone puts new hammers on - even worse, if =
they even out the Strike Weights!

One of the first actions I worked on was a "nice" Baldwin R 90 year old =
action. Just trying to understand how an action worked, I placed weights =
on top of the capstans to balance the keys on their fulcrum. I was =
amazed and dumbfounded when keys that were right next to one another =
required significantly differing amounts of weight to balance......... =
Duuuuhhhhhh!

Terry Farrell

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From: "Ron Nossaman" <RNossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:05 PM
Subject: Re: It's a Puzzlement!


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> >I've checked everything, I can think of, and am at a lose. Feedback =
would be
> >appreciated!!!!
> >I was up til' 4am finishing this thingee, so I may be missing =
something!
> >Help! Gotta return the action this afternoon! :-(
> >Best Regards,
> >Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
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> Hi Joe,
> You've either assumed something that isn't the case, missed something =
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> is, or both. Does it take a significantly greater or lesser weight on =
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> capstan to balance the keys that are different from the rest?
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> Ron N
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