Vertical-vs-Grand action.

[Horace Greeley]

Hi, Alan,


At 10:29 AM 12/21/2006, you wrote:
>Greetings,
>
>Does this scenario ring a bell for anybody else out there?

Yes, it does.

(Also, are you using a MAC?  Special characters do not always render well.)

Best regards.

Horace



>Thanks,
>
>Alan Eder RPT
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: schecter at pacbell.net
>To: ed440 at mindspring.com; pianotech at ptg.org
>Sent: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 12:02 AM
>Subject: Re: Vertical-vs-Grand action.
>
>   Hi, Ed.Â
>Â
>  I completely agree with your points about 
> vertical touch weight, and would extend them to 
> grands. I have added binder clips on one 
> vertical, a Yamaha U1, and two grands, a very 
> old Steinway with DW in the 30's, and a Hamburg 
> O. In all three cases, the players were very 
> happy with the change, and found it to improve 
> their sense of control of dynamics. It seemed 
> to put the effort level required for full 
> expression into the comfort range of the 
> player. When too little effort is required to 
> achieve forte', then extra effort is required 
> to control pianissimo, although it's a 
> different kind of effort than when the action is too heavy.Â
>Â
>For those considering trying this, note that you can reduce the amountÂ
>  of strike weight added by moving the weight closer to the hammer center.Â
>This also allows you to add weight to only a part of the action,Â
>  tapering in the effective weight by setting the weights along an angledÂ
>line that moves gradually farther from the center toward the hammer.Â
>Â
>An additional benefit of the binder clips is that their quickÂ
>  reversability allows the player to feel good about trying the experimentÂ
>  with no great investment of technician's time 
> or energy ($), and no big leap of faith 
> required. The interesting thing in my three 
> cases is that up to now, none of the three have 
> wanted to remove the weights, and the total 
> time of use is about six piano-years. Also, the 
> players are all very advanced, and if there 
> were any problems with noise or slipping or 
> whatever, they would have uncovered them.Â
>Â
>-Mark SchecterÂ
>Â
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