The current WN&G parts do not use felt bushings so there is slightly less compliance in the system. That is, the action saturation point is slightly lower and the action feels just a bit more "connected" (for lack of a better term). That is, the hammer's motion is a little more directly connected to the key's motion. Under most circumstances this would be considered a good thing. Especially if relatively light hammers are used. Other than that I can't imagine a WN&G action feeing "stiff." I'm also curious; what is it that is going to be so difficult to service down the road? And what is it that is going to need all that servicing? Maybe I'm missing something but they seem like pretty rugged parts to me. Bruce Clark made up a two-note model action for my dual mono-chord a couple of years back and that poor thing has been through a piano action's version of hell. It's been moved, packed and shipped, banged on by any number of technicians and other interested parties and generally mistreated by everyone. Any ordinary action would have fallen apart by now but this thing still functions like it did the day it arrived all fresh and new. Near as I can tell these are very rugged actions. Were I putting actions in music school practice rooms this would be my choice simply from a reliability standpoint. (I'm curious-are there any CAUT's out there with any experience with these actions in practice rooms?) I'll concede there may be issues showing up over time that are not now evident but so far these action parts have stood up better than any conventional wood action with traditional felt bushings would have given similar use and abuse. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 6939 Foothill Court SW, Olympia, Washington 98512 USA Phone 360.515.0119 - Cell 360.388.6525 del at fandrichpiano.com <mailto:del at fandrichpiano.com> - ddfandrich at gmail.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Ed Foote Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 6:42 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Stiff WNG? (was Steinway top) Joe writes: >>As for the WN&G action on a Steinway? Not in my world. But, there are those that like stiff actions and impossible repair situations down the road. Ok, this is the first I have heard of a WNG action being stiff. I would like to hear comments on that from those that have used and/or played them. And, what is impossible to repair? Regards, Ed Foote RPT http://www.piano-tuners.org/edfoote/index.html -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20111003/0820962f/attachment-0004.htm>
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