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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>List,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>I was
in a store in Orlando over the weekend and heard a Kawai rep helping with a sale.
This was a sales rep not a tec man. His comment that raised my attention was that
there pianos were at 60 grams touch weight, which is a standard on Steinway, Yamaha
and all quality pianos.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Now that
I have your atention let me tell you that I have gone to NAMM shows before and asked
that very question, “what is the standard for touch weight” and no one
would give me a strait answer. I also know that most pianos that I see, good grand’s,
are indeed around 60 grams. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Now can
anyone give me a strait forward answer? What is the touch weight that I should
be looking for in medium to high quality grand pianos today. I have heard people
brag about 52 grams and such, but I just don’t see it. I have run a gram
weight scale on every key from 1 to 88 on a lot of pianos and on my new pianos
I have brought the weight from 68 to 70 down to 62 and 60 on a lot of keys. After
that I have lubed, repinned and removed mass from the hammer heals, but, you guessed
it, it never gets much below 60.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Any one
want to give me some guidance?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>William<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>PIANO
BOUTIQUE</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>William
Benjamin</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Piano
Tuner Extraordinaire</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a
href="http://www.pianoboutique.biz">www.pianoboutique.biz</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>The
tuner alone,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>preserves
the tone.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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