Nice Tails ???

[bruce greig]

Keith - ok, I believe you, but if there is a more serious problem with
excessive friction as just recently discussed on this list, shouldn't that
be addressed first?  Doesn't that have more effect than excessive hammer
weight?   I was wondering if  new shanks & flanges were also installed which
do not match old reps. (jack to knuckle).  It's not clear to me, but it
sounds like the piano is in Norway and that American S&S parts were ordered,
so is it not possible that this could be part of the problem?  Bruce


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: Nice Tails ???


> At 6:57 PM -0400 6/29/03, bruce greig wrote:
> >From my own experience, reducing the mass of the hammer moldings has
> >minimal effect on touch weight ...
>
> Sorry, Bruce, but I'll have to beg to differ with you, and here I
> don't even know you   :-)
>
> So please don't take it personal.
>
> Reducing the mass of the hammer head, whether from the molding and/or
> the felt part, by 1 gram (give or take) will reduce the downweight by
> 5 grams (give or take).
>
> Now, I'm not blowing smoke here. I've done it on more than one
> occassion and have experienced the effects firsthand.
>
> The upweight is also affected in certain proportions.
>
> Keith McGavern
>
>
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