If we free it up and it works, that means then the key weights in the fronts do not need attention or addtions to the rear of the key. If a person wants to go through and re-pin that's fine too. But, like I and others have said, I've been able to clear up all of the problems without re-weighting. Eliminating the problem, not the symptom is the resolution. -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ron Nossaman Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 4:24 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] sluggish (was no subject) Gerald Groot wrote: > *The last time I actually placed any weights on any piano was over 30 > years ago. It may take time to figure it out. Sometimes, we all need > to call in the troupes for assistance to figure out what is causing > these problems but, just because weighting 'appears' to solve the > problem, that does not mean, that is the problem. * And I think it's just the opposite. Just because lubricating the wip centers made it work doesn't mean that was the problem. The keys are too front heavy. If everything else is optimal and as friction free as possible, the action will more or less work anyway. It doesn't take much friction in a key bushing, wippen cushion or center, or whatever, to make these actions sluggish. Friction levels in these places in other better balanced actions aren't usually show stoppers, but these actions are right on the edge of functionality at best. I have, through the years, put leads on a few keys in Wurlitzers, when lubrication and easing didn't get it, and the customer wasn't interested in spending what it was likely to take to otherwise make it "work", but just wanted that one or two keys to be made to work as economically (cheaply) as possible. Ron N _____ avast! Antivirus <http://www.avast.com> : Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 090613-0, 06/13/2009 Tested on: 6/13/2009 4:39:58 PM avast! - copyright (c) 1988-2009 ALWIL Software.
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