I would be curious to hear others' opinion on this but I have not felt that high strike weight, in the upper ranges of the piano especially, necessarily produces better tone. My experience tells me that above approximately note 50-52, a lower strike weight produces better sustain, a more singing tone, and less throatiness (to use a completely qualitative description). Whereas the lower part of the piano seems to benefit from more mass, the upper part does not. Even so, IMHO (I believe that is the proper list qualifier), more is not always better--imagine that!!! David Love _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
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