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<div>I'm glad this subject came up now. It allows my inexperience in these matters to come to the surface...</div>
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<div>I got a call from a store that has a customer with a Seiler 186 grand, brand new, with all Renner action and Abel hammers. Her teacher is well-known, and seems to want to add his stamp to the purchase. He is saying that the action is not firm enough. This has caused some customer concern.</div>
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<div>I have not seen this particular piano, but I am quite familiar with the model. Most of my clients who own these pianos are happy with a downweight of 50 -55 grams, which is how they usually arrive. I've actually had several complain that the action is too heavy feeling, but never "not firm enough."</div>
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<div>I suspect this client wouldn't have complained about anything but for the teacher saying that it is inadquate for her son.</div>
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<div>A few thoughts:</div>
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<div>I've seen the rep springs get weak after a very short period of time to the point of failure--that is, inability to hold the hammer up. This is a distinct possibility.</div>
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<div>Excess friction could be affecting upweight as well as downweight, thereby making it feel far less responsive.</div>
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<div>I have never used wire to increase hammer weight. Is there a thread in the archives about it, or can someone describe the procedure? </div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Dave Stahl<br>
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Dave Stahl Piano Service<br>
650-224-3560<br>
dstahlpiano@sbcglobal.net<br>
http://dstahlpiano.net/<br>
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To: pianotech@ptg.org<br>
Sent: Tue, 9 Jan 2007 5:53 PM<br>
Subject: RE: lead wire<br>
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David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA 94044
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From: "ed miller" <<A href="mailto:edmiller3%40hotmail.com">edmiller3@hotmail.com</A>>
To: <A href="mailto:pianotech%40ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A>
Received: 1/9/2007 4:54:38 PM
Subject: lead wire
>Where do people buy their lead wire used to increase grand hammer weight?
>Thanks, Ed
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