>...Once I'm done with that I simply dry assemble the shanks and hammers and >then use the Stanwood scale to weigh the SWs. I chart those and then figure >out where I have to alter them to achieve a smooth curve... I seems you are 'final fitting' your SW irrespective of the shank strike weight (SSW). If you initially taper your hammers to a close margin, then you are throwing the curve off with jumbled shanks and changing the mass of the hammer due to shank irregulatities. It would be more advantageous to match similiar SSW groups to your hammers which have been mass calibrated, thus reducing alteration. Ultimately, this is the most thorough method ineritally speaking. I simply mate the SSW with hammer weight to target a curve because does it really matter since it is at the end of the compound leverage system. Are you feeling hammer inertia or weight at the front of the key. Or what degree is it important (inertia at the end of the system) ans opposed to good inertial effect at the front of the key. -- Regards, Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/caut.php/attachments/20080219/9ef645db/attachment.html
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