Stephen...Two Remedies to correct a light action

[KeyKat88 at aol.com]

Greetings, 

         I must admit, back in the days when I was not a piano tech, I took 
my upright piano apart and taped nuts to the rear of all the key sticks. That 
increased the weight. When I got home from tuning school I removed them, 
because I learned that adjusting the spoons can accomplish a heavire touch.. But now 
I am trying to find the time to adjust the spoons to make a heavier touch. 
Your felt thing is a really good idea!  It sort of does the same thing a spoon 
adjustment does only it can be undone easier than readjusting all the spoons.

Julia
Reading, PA

In a message dated 11/16/2006 4:59:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
spapaste at comcast.net writes:
2) I elected instead to tape a piece of thin felt (from a sheet with
adhesive backing costing .99/sheet in any crafts store), in the back of each
key, on the damper lever key cushion, (at the point where it raises the
dampers), in a way that the dampers are lifted almost immediately as one
presses the key, thus giving a beautiful firm touch to the action, by using
the weight of the dampers thus increasing the resistance and resulting in a
heavier touch. 


Stephen Papastephanou
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