Steinway heavy touch

A440A@aol.com A440A@aol.com
Mon, 16 Jun 2003 06:46:54 EDT


Conrad writes: 
> get very frustrated and start to think impure thoughts when the official
> replacement $&$ hammers/parts come in about ten times as heavy as the 
> official $&$ hammers/parts just taken off and I have to re-reweight the
> keys and relocate capstans to adapt.

Most hammers coming off pianos are lighter than when they went on.  Even so, 
wouldn't it be easier, faster, and more efficient to lighten the new hammers?  


Ed Foote RPT 
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
 <A HREF="http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/399/six_degrees_of_tonality.html">
MP3.com: Six Degrees of Tonality</A>

This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC