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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I always target the curve that the hammer set
gives me, smoothing what’s there rather than trying to match a particular
curve. Unless the set poorly made and very extreme on either end you should be
fine.</span></font></p>
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<p><font size=2 color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
color:navy'>David Love</span></font><font size=2 color=navy><span
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davidlovepianos@comcast.net<br>
www.davidlovepianos.com</span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> caut-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>David
Ilvedson<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, September 04, 2006
4:35 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pianotech@ptg.org;
caut@ptg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [CAUT] balancing action
heresy?</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Granted I am a Stanwood novice:</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>But while I am going through and adding lead to the
hammers, I'm finding if instead of evening out the hammer weight exactly to the
curve and I deviate slightly from the curve...actually I am only evening
out the hammer weights...not following a curve...YIKES...as I was saying, I can
get my upweight and downweight in the generally right spot although the BW is
not exact...but pretty close. In other words I'm not having to
deal with the key weights at all...at least on this action...Bechstein...</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>So am I to be burned at the stake? I
realize any differences in hammer weight will translate into slightly
difference spring tensions and that is a trade off...what else am I missing...</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please David S...don't send anyone from Callahan's to
knock me off...;-] </span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>This is all in the beginning stages, so If I'm
screwing up royally I can back off...</span></font></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'><br>
David Ilvedson, RPT<br>
Pacifica, CA 94044<br>
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heresy</span></font></p>
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