<HTML><HEAD> <META charset=US-ASCII http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> <DIV> <DIV>Greetings, </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>         I must admit, back in the days when I was not a piano tech, I took my upright piano apart and taped nuts to the rear of all the key sticks. That increased the weight. When I got home from tuning school I removed them, because I learned that adjusting the spoons can accomplish a heavire touch.. But now I am trying to find the time to adjust the spoons to make a heavier touch. Your felt thing is a really good idea!  It sort of does the same thing a spoon adjustment does only it can be undone easier than readjusting all the spoons.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Julia</DIV> <DIV>Reading, PA</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/16/2006 4:59:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, spapaste@comcast.net writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>2) I elected instead to tape a piece of thin felt (from a sheet with<BR>adhesive backing costing .99/sheet in any crafts store), in the back of each<BR>key, on the damper lever key cushion, (at the point where it raises the<BR>dampers), in a way that the dampers are lifted almost immediately as one<BR>presses the key, thus giving a beautiful firm touch to the action, by using<BR>the weight of the dampers thus increasing the resistance and resulting in a<BR>heavier touch. <BR><BR><BR>Stephen Papastephanou<BR>-- </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>