Kimball touch weight

[Richard Brekne]

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Quick and dirty, or use some money... cant really have it both
ways.. that being said.. you might take a few sample keys and remove
the front most lead on each of these and then recheck your balance
weight results... Or you could figure roughly just how much front
weight you need to arrive at a rough balance weight based on your
strike weights and rough it in that way..

Rough is... however... rough...grin

Paul wrote:

> List I'm replacing the hammers on a Kimball player grand about
> 5'2". I chose the Abel lights mainly because of the success I've
> had with them in the past on other small grands. The action is the
> old Thayer style. The wippens have no rep. spring adjustment
> screw. The touch weight with the original hammers averaged 30g
> down and 10g up. The new hammers as sampled almost eliminate the
> down weight. Talk about light! The action has been gone through
> and new key bushings installed. Friction/pinning done.The keys
> have 4 to 5 1/2 oz weights in front of the balance rail. I know
> I'm in for a touch weight project, but I can't spend a lot of time
> at this. The money situation is very tight. The piano is a gift
> and the children are interested in piano. A quick fix is out of
> the question. I was wondering if anyone has a trick or two for
> just removing the original key leads and moving them to get this
> thing to work. I'd like to end up with a touch weight of about
> 45g. Does this sound reasonable? Paul Chick

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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no


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