Adjusting wippen assist springs

Phillip Ford fordpiano@earthlink.net
Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:48:33 -0800 (GMT-08:00)


To those of you who use wippens with assist springs,

1.  Do you adjust them so that they are giving the same assist on every key?  In other words so that  WW (wippen weight) is the same for every key?  Or do you adjust them so that the assist is tapering from more in the bass to less (or none) in the treble?

2.  In my opinion, actions with strong spring assist don't feel 'normal'.  What do you think is the limit of spring assist at which the action might still have a normal feel?

3.  How you measure the amount of assist that you're getting?

Phil Ford



Phillip Ford
Piano Service and Restoration
San Francisco, CA

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