Hello, I am curious as to how many of my fellow techs are regularly weighing off keyboards. Do you guys and gals like to weigh off to smooth predetermined front weight ala Mr. Stanwood's method? Or simply get friction to be reasonable (what is reasonable for you?), and weigh off to down-weight/ up-weight? How much up-weight do you like to see? Do you like to try and shoot for a smooth progression of balance weights? What do you guys think to be an ideal overall strike ratio of your "average" Steinway D, or B, or SMLOA? Do you have a predetermined system for lead placement in the key? Do you like to place leads closer to the front of the key or the balance rail? How much lead is too much lead in the key (i.e. Stanwood's front weight ceiling/ or just plain old number of leads), or in the hammer for that matter? Do you like lead at the front of the key all the way from 1-88? Do you find yourself often back leading in the extreme treble? Just curious. Love the list, btw. It's often educational and always entertaining. Richard Cromwell Pianotek Supply -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20110121/da983bf0/attachment.htm>
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