<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Hi Jeff,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">There's a couple of things that come
to mind to lighten the touch. One thing you might look at on the
hammers is how tapered or narrow they are. Felt weighs more than
the wood, so some material could come off there. (remember 5:1 weight ratio)
Or, you can take some wood off the sides of the shanks if they're big fatty's
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Another quicker thing to just make it
"feel" lighter is delay the damper lift beyond the standard 1/2
blow distance. I'm sure you'll get more suggestions, but that's what
popped in my head first.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Best,</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Paul</font>
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<br><tt><font size=2>Hi List,<br>
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I have a customer who wants his 1975 Baldwin 6'8" grand to feel <br>
lighter. It was virtually unused for many years and recently had an <br>
action reconditioning and regulation. It weighed off pretty <br>
reasonable. Downweight averaged low 50's to 50 and upweight averaged <br>
upper 20's to 30. Friction seemed low if anything. There isn't a lot <br>
of lead in the keys, as much as four weights in some of the lower <br>
bass. The hammers have enough "extra" material in the cove to
remove <br>
some in an arc shape. I'm wondering if doing only that would result
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in enough weight loss to make much difference. Has anyone done this <br>
procedure not in conjunction with leading, etc. and received good <br>
results?<br>
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Sorry if you already received this. I tried to send this message <br>
yesterday from a different source computer and don't know if it went <br>
out. :)<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Jeff Farris<br>
Piano Technician<br>
School of Music<br>
UT Austin<br>
mailto; jfarris@mail.utexas.edu<br>
512-471-0158<br>
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