r u magnetically balanced?

[Piannaman@aol.com]

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> The invention was done by a Mr Velo, a retired Philips engineer.
> I was once a believer in assist springs and I in fact have a grand=20
> piano here at home with assist springs which one can regulate, but I no=20
> longer believe in them because they have their problems.
> The magnets are in fact the ultimate solution.
> Richard Brekne knows very much about these and was so very friendly to=20
> let us all share his gratis knowledge.
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> friendly greetings
> from
> Andr=E9 Oorebeek
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> Amsterdam -

Hi Andre(and Richard),

Wasn't Richard working primarily with whippen/capstan magnets?  Magnets=20
appear to be the wave of the future in piano action/key systems.  =20

Seiler uprights used them on hammer shanks for awhile as a way to accelerate=
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the hammer return(or was it the hammer stroke....:-).  I don't know if they=20
still use that technology. =20

Dave S.

Dave Stahl

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