Front Weight Problem

[Jon Page]

Richard,
What is the UW & DW with the spring removed?

Regards,

Jon Page


At 11:06 PM 07/16/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi list.
>
>Piano is a Howard baby grand number 358898. Basic symptomatical type problem
>is an unbelievably loud clacking action. Have done just about everything I
>can in terms of softening knuckles and whippen underfelt, even reduced
>hammer mass a bit, with only slight reduction in noise.
>
>Having just purchased a Stanwood kit I got the following numbers for you all
>to work with. (I'll give you the numbers for key # 32, the basic tendencies
>hold for the whole piano)
>
>Strike Weight is 10.2 g
>Strike Weight ratio is 3.6  !!!
>Front Weight is 10.3
>Key Weight Ratio is 0.54
>Whippen Weight Ratio is 17.5
>Balance Weight is 36
>Upweight is 26
>Down Weight is 45
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Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@mediaone.net
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