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<DIV>Greeetings,...This is a personal problem:</DIV>
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<DIV> When I tune a grand and try to play it afterwards, I have trouble playing it well, as my fingers are not strong enough because they are "babied" by the light touchweight of my own personal Yamaha at home. </DIV>
<DIV> I have a Yamaha U3 circa 1979. (Japan and not a 'wet' piano) I am trying to increase the touchweight because I want to strengthen my fingers for when I obtain a grand. Will jiffy weights have an adverse/bad effect on the springs or eventually cause other action problems or accellerated wear? </DIV>
<DIV> I want to keep the Yami in good shape as I want to sell it to raise some money for the long-dreamed-of-grand. Advice suggestions? Thank you.</DIV>
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<DIV>PS I dislike the Broadwood tuning on my U3, as soon as the unisons become intolerable I am tuning the ValOtti.....which, <EM><STRONG> <FONT size=3>I LOVE</FONT></STRONG></EM>.... especially on my old upright ...(but probably wont sound as good on the U3 because of the moderne scaling design)</DIV>
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<DIV>Happy New Year Everybody!!</DIV>
<DIV>Julia Gottshall</DIV>
<DIV>Rookie of 3 1/2 years</DIV>
<DIV> Reading ,Pa</DIV>
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