Jonno Clarke wrote: > Thanks for the help so far. I have duplicated the knuckle to be the same > "Pre 84" as before but did not know about the "Abel light" and have always > merely just asked them to duplicate as per the sample. > Where do I find out more about the Stanwoods method ? www.stanwoodpiano.com http://www.pianoman.nl/piano/touchweight/artikelmrt2000/pagina1.htm > It would seem to me to be crazy to order > new hammers and then file them down to be so small so as to get lightness or > am I missing something ? That would be a waste yes.. > gram weights are no problem but repetition is and > if you weaken the spring to reduce "weight" you worsten the repetition. > The Stanwood metrology and method allows you a very easy way of looking at the actions leverage. With it the technician is empowered with knowledge that will allow him / her to assess the actions leverage and alter it if neccessary to accomodate several differeing action criteria... amoung the most common of these is the choice of how much hammer weight to use. In addition to this... the methodolgy also provides unprecedented static balancing of the keys, leverage, and hammer weights to one another. This static balancing has been shown quite conclusively (IMHO) to be of great value in providing an eveness charachteristic to whatever touchweight levels are desired. RicB > > _________________________________________________________________ > Find a cheaper internet access deal - choose one to suit you. > http://www.msn.co.uk/internetaccess > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC