[CAUT] [pianotech] Key balancing

[Ron Nossaman]

On 12/17/2010 11:28 AM, Fred Sturm wrote:

> BTW, the technique of removing wood from a key to balance it goes back
> at least to harpsichord makers, who wanted everything as light as
> possible.

No doubt. I certainly didn't invent it.


>Enough wood removed so the key barely returned.

Better than barely, hopefully. I don't really care about overall 
lightness either, except that it's easier on the bushings in a 
dog-legged key. I just like C-8 to work as well (or badly) as everything 
else, but I do want it to work.
Ron N