Julia- This is a good time to try putting binder clips - Office Depot#429-415 - on the hammer shanks just below the hammer head. Put the clip on the shank, then remove the wire handles. Play for a while and you may find an interesting change in the piano. More effort to play and more control over the dynamics. Ed Sutton -----Original Message----- >From: KeyKat88 at aol.com >Sent: Dec 28, 2006 9:05 PM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Jiffy weights to increase touchweight > >Greeetings,...This is a personal problem: > > When I tune a grand and try to play it afterwards, I have >trouble playing it well, as my fingers are not strong enough because they are >"babied" by the light touchweight of my own personal Yamaha at home. > I have a Yamaha U3 circa 1979. (Japan and not a 'wet' piano) I am >trying to increase the touchweight because I want to strengthen my fingers for >when I obtain a grand. Will jiffy weights have an adverse/bad effect on the >springs or eventually cause other action problems or accellerated wear? > I want to keep the Yami in good shape as I want to sell it to raise some >money for the long-dreamed-of-grand. Advice suggestions? Thank you. > >PS I dislike the Broadwood tuning on my U3, as soon as the unisons become >intolerable I am tuning the ValOtti.....which, I LOVE.... especially on my >old upright ...(but probably wont sound as good on the U3 because of the moderne >scaling design) > >Happy New Year Everybody!! >Julia Gottshall >Rookie of 3 1/2 years > Reading ,Pa
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