Stiff Action

Avery avery1 at houston.rr.com
Fri Jun 16 21:36:46 MDT 2006


Luis,

By "stiff", so you mean heavy? If the friction in all the pinning is 
OK, then IMO, it's a geometry problem.
You didn't mention the brand. That might help.

Avery Todd
University of Houston


At 10:14 PM 6/16/2006, you wrote:
>have recently completed course work from The American School of 
>Piano Tuning and have a technical question about my own home piano, 
>a Samick 5\'2\" Baby Grand.
>It has always had a stiff action and over the last 12 years has 
>loosened some but is still hard to play and requires a heavier 
>touch.  Is there something I can do to loosen the action a bit more 
>including silicone sprays or other adjustments to the action.
>I would be happy to pay for a techinician from the guild to come and 
>help me on this matter.
>Gracias!
>
>
>Luis Antonio Galvez-Alcantara "He was deeply in love. When she 
>spoke, he thought he heard bells, as if she were a garbage truck backing up."
><http://www.tenors.net/>www.tenors.net
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