Thomas, I guess the first two things that come to mind are regulation and friction . Letoff ? If excessive notes will drop. What happens when the sustain pedal is depressed? Changing the damper timing to lift later with the spoons will help.Possibly the damper lever springs are too strong. Friction? Tight balance holes, key bushings? Lube keypins,whip action centers, dowels capstans , whip. cushions could be lubed with teflon powder. Sometimes it's not one thing . Throw all the darts on some sample notes and recheck as you go. Just a few ideas. Tom D. http://tomdriscollpianoservice.com/ http://tomdriscollpianoservice.com/tools.html --http://tomdriscollpianoservice.com/tools.html--- Original Message ----- From: Thomas Cole To: Pianotech Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 3:32 AM Subject: [pianotech] Seiler 53" (135 cm) Upright 1997 I tuned a wonderful-sounding but poorly-regulated Seiler today. The owner and 8-year-old daughter both report the touch is too heavy. When I tried the piano, it was hard to play pp passages without notes dropping out here and there and, yes, it felt heavy. There is a card on one side showing the regulation specs. Notes 1 - 34 have 56g (DW) and 35 - 88 have 54g. I found that most of the keys had four leads behind the balance rail (half leads, two on each side). The few keys I checked, with the wippen raised, the lead weights seemed to be balancing the front weight of each key (see two photos below showing both sides of C4). All of the dampers are timed very early (dampers move after a couple of mm hammer travel). My question is, what would be the most technicianly way of reducing touchweight? Anything I need to know about this particular piano? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101022/1c9ee1f6/attachment.htm>
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