[pianotech] Even balance weight or even downweight

[Cy Shuster]

I didn't see any replies on this.  It's a great question -- any takers?

--Cy--

Cy Shuster, RPT
Albuquerque, NM
www.shusterpiano.com

On Sep 24, 2009, at 5:58 PM, David Love wrote:

> While working with one of my colleagues to help him through the ins  
> and outs of the Stanwood basics we got into a brief discussion about  
> what is desirable from the pianist’s point of view: uniform balance  
> weight or uniform downweight.  It’s easy enough to set up the  
> balance weight system so that it gradually increases in proportion  
> to the ever decreasing friction in order to achieve a uniform  
> downweight.   The charts below illustrates that.  I’m curious for  
> those of you who use the balance weight system whether you ever  
> target a uniform downweight instead and what the overall reaction  
> is.    I typically do not, though I’m considering trying it on the  
> next action.  I do sometimes get comments that the upper end of the  
> piano is too light and it seems like a reasonable approach.  One  
> side benefit of doing it this way is a higher up weight in the upper  
> end of the piano which, presumably, would reap benefits in terms of  
> repetition.
>
> The key didn’t copy for some reason so it is as follows:  (if the  
> charts don’t appear open the email in html rather than plain text).
>
> Blue circles are down weight
> Red diamonds are balance weight
> Blue Triangles are up weight
> Red circles are friction
> Note 1 is on the far left, 88 on the far right
>
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> David Love
> www.davidlovepianos.com
>

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