<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Quick and dirty, or use some money... cant really have it both ways.. that being said.. you might take a few sample keys and remove the front most lead on each of these and then recheck your balance weight results... Or you could figure roughly just how much front weight you need to arrive at a rough balance weight based on your strike weights and rough it in that way.. Rough is... however... rough...grin Paul wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE><style></style> List I'm replacing the hammers on a Kimball player grand about 5'2". I chose the Abel lights mainly because of the success I've had with them in the past on other small grands. The action is the old Thayer style. The wippens have no rep. spring adjustment screw. The touch weight with the original hammers averaged 30g down and 10g up. The new hammers as sampled almost eliminate the down weight. Talk about light! The action has been gone through and new key bushings installed. Friction/pinning done.The keys have 4 to 5 1/2 oz weights in front of the balance rail. I know I'm in for a touch weight project, but I can't spend a lot of time at this. The money situation is very tight. The piano is a gift and the children are interested in piano. A quick fix is out of the question. I was wondering if anyone has a trick or two for just removing the original key leads and moving them to get this thing to work. I'd like to end up with a touch weight of about 45g. Does this sound reasonable? Paul Chick</blockquote> -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway <A HREF="mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no">mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no</A>   </body> </html>