Heavy action

[Elian Degen]

Mark and List

For some time I have been servicing YC for a store that used to sell them
here, and I found many with this problem
Before engaging in deeper works, check for friction, It solved many problems
for me, I used to check friction first, and lubricate center pins, use some
graphie on the hammer butt buckskin or knuckle, and check jackflange
alignment and adjust. Then move to other corrective procedures. The ones
that got here, the problem was mostly friction. Afterwards the second
problem I found in them, almost all of them needed regulating the action and
some voicing.

Elian


>I have a customer who just purchased a Young Chang. It seems pretty nice
>to me. She complains that the action is heavy (previous piano was a
>Baldwin console). This piano is a small grand, I'm sorry I can't remember
>the model at the moment.
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>Downweight is about 55 grams, with variation. All aspects of regulation
>seem fine. All action centers seem normal. Key bushings fine. Damper
>action is nice and free. The jack-to-knuckle friction seemed excessive,
>but I tefloned the knuckles and adjusted the repetition levers somewhat
>and they seem normal now. I am a big guy, but I can also feel some
>heaviness, now that she mentions it. She has some arthritis.
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>I have saved and read the recent Stanwood and everybody posts, and realize
>it's not always an easy fix. But in this case I'm wondering if removing
>hammer mass wouldn't be adequate. The hammers are completely untapered,
>and there's lots of wood that could be removed. I have done this on other
>grands with good results. Is this a reasonable diagnosis? Are there
>factors I'm missing?
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>Thanks,
>Mark Graham
>Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory of Music
>Berea, Ohio
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