This is true. In my dreams the pianists would all come to my shop or someplace where I could show them a well-prepared piano to play on and suggest that their piano could play as well as this one. Otherwise it's just abstract information and a high price tag. I do get the occasional opportunity to improve the geometry of a piano that plays like a truck, or the player has developed carpal tunnel syndrome and needs a lower balance weight. If I'm hanging new hammers, I always smooth out the strike weight and make an effort to retain touchweight if they like how their piano plays. The last piano action I completely rebuilt with all new parts, I was careful about adjusting the strikeweights to the Stanwood curves. A pianist came by and played a chromatic scale bottom to top, and this was before I had a chance to weigh off the keys. She said the keyboard felt very even (the keys had standard Steinway leading). It makes me think that the inertial resistance of the hammers, multiplied by the action ratio, is what we feel more than anything else - the basics of regulation being taken care of, of course. Or am I just stating the obvious? Tom Cole On 1/22/11 9:46 AM, David Love wrote: > I often suggest it because many don't know enough about it to request it. > Before I leave a customer's house I try and complete this sentence, "This > piano would sound or play much better if __________________. And then I > make a point of communicating that thought. Often, it's never occurred to > them that something could be different. > > David Love > www.davidlovepianos.com
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