I’m an amateur who only works on my own piano. I have an upright console piano Kurtzmann made around 1978 probably made by Gordon Laughead the action is made by Pratt and Read – for the most part it is in very good condition – appears new inside and out but it gets played allot. This console uses the dowel capstans. The keys are not weighted. There is a bit too much friction in the touch of the keys for my taste – there always has been. I took the regulation out and examined it. I found that the material on the under side of the hammer-buts (where the jack pushes the hammer-but) is felt not buck-skin and is very worn. Deeply grooved and felt is worn down to the base material. The Reblitz book said this material should be buckskin. I also noticed that felt on the under side of the wippens is notched and flattened where the capstan hits it. Would you recommend that I replace the hammer-but material with buckskin? and replace all the felts under the wippens? Do you think this might improve the touch a bit? What is your opinion on key weights? __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/
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