Inertia, was "Grand Touch"

[Cy Shuster]

Friction may change during the life of the piano, but strike weight doesn't 
(much; the hammer wears, of course).  Stanwood sorts new shanks by weight, 
not friction (just like hammers :-).

--Cy--
shusterpiano.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: Inertia, was "Grand Touch"


> Now that I mention it, how does moving weights in toward the balance rail 
> for better performance through inertia control reconcile with their custom 
> of individually custom leading keys without regard to action friction 
> levels? Doesn't really compute.
> Ron N
>