A weighty subject: real-world application?

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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List,

There have been many, many posts about touch-weight, key leading, etc. in the 
last few days.  Some of it I get, and some of it, well, let's just say it 
eludes me.  It is sinking in gradually.

I have a job that may require a real-world application of some of the 
theroetical situations that have been posted.  I will probably be flamed for 
not looking in the archives, the Journal, or other resources, but--covered up 
asbestos(sorry...:-) I know how--here goes:

I have a friend who plays piano at a restaurant.  It's a new Henry F. 
Miller--actually a Pearl River, I believe--petite grand(she called it a 
"Harry Potter, or something" when I asked her to describe it to me).  Sue 
complained about the heaviness of the touch, which surprised me until she 
asked me to sit in for a tune.  I wasn't able to get the gram weights out at 
dinner hour last night, but I'd be willing to wager that it's up around 75-80 
grams touch weight.  Playing it is like weightlifting.

It is a rental piano, and the restaurant owner doesn't want to spend much 
money on getting it to work any better.  I'd like to help my friend out, 
though, and experiment a bit in the process.  I haven't been able to get in 
to assess the cause of the heaviness, but it does not feel like friction.  I 
am going to tune it and give it a minor regulation within a couple of weeks, 
at which time I'll have more info.  

Has anybody worked on one of these?  Any suggestions for lightening the 
action without major surgery would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Dave Stahl



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