key weight

[Porritt, David]

Are you measuring the action with dampers lifted?  

 

dp

 

David M. Porritt

dporritt at smu.edu

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On
Behalf Of William Benjamin
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:37 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: key weight

 

List,

 

I was in a store in Orlando over the weekend and heard a Kawai rep
helping with a sale.  This was a sales rep not a tec man.  His comment
that raised my attention was that there pianos were at 60 grams touch
weight, which is a standard on Steinway, Yamaha and all quality pianos.

 

Now that I have your atention let me tell you that I have gone to NAMM
shows before and asked that very question, "what is the standard for
touch weight" and no one would give me a strait answer.  I also know
that most pianos that I see, good grand's, are indeed around 60 grams.  

 

Now can anyone give me a strait forward answer?  What is the touch
weight that I should be looking for in medium to high quality grand
pianos today.  I have heard people brag about 52 grams and such, but I
just don't see it.  I have run a gram weight scale on every key from 1
to 88 on a lot of pianos and on my new pianos I have brought the weight
from 68 to 70 down to 62 and 60 on a lot of keys.  After that I have
lubed, repinned and removed mass from the hammer heals, but, you guessed
it, it never gets much below 60.

 

Any one want to give me some guidance?

 

William

 

 

 

 

 

PIANO BOUTIQUE

William Benjamin

Piano Tuner Extraordinaire

www.pianoboutique.biz

The tuner alone,

preserves the tone.

 

 

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