Adjusting touch weight

[David Andersen]

This is good...you have to do a lot more listening to the player,  
being at the piano with him/her, and make sure the piano is in  
regulation, among other things; you're a long way from knocking lead  
out of the keys, brother. You need to be what I call a psychological  
spielart dignostician...ya need to find out what the player is  
feeling, what they're not, and how that translates into a practical  
solution. If the piano hasn't been maintained, or prepped if it's  
new, you could change the perception of "light" and "heavy"  
significantly by a thorough setup---about 6 hours of work.
David Andersen

On May 17, 2007, at 7:29 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote:

> The C-7 is the church piano?
>
> Fix the piano she plays at home--you know, the one with the heavy  
> action. :-)
>
> Or, it could be a voicing issue disguised as touch.
>
>
> Barbara Richmond
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "martin cipolla"  
> <pianodoctor at msn.com>
> To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2007 10:56 AM
> Subject: Adjusting touch weight
>
>
>> I have a church client with a new Yamaha C7.  She feels the action  
>> is "too Light".  What can be done to make the action feel heavier ?
>>
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