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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>When
the action parts aren’t heavy enough to make the keys fully return, and key
bushings and friction are OK, what can you do besides weight the keys? (or the
wippens?)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I run into this in many
inexpensive consoles, and sometimes even in better makes.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Repetition is terrible and you can’t remove all the lost
motion because the jack won’t get back under the butt.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Why?<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span>Because the key doesn’t return all the way<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>-- and not from worn or tight key
bushings but because the portion of key in front of the balance pin is heavier
than the rear portion of the key plus the weight of the action parts. <span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>And no, the jack center pins aren’t
too tight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>It’s just poor
design.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span class=EmailStyle15><font
size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:
12.0pt'>I suppose one could drill a buncha holes through the keys in the front
portion of the key, to lighten it, but that would weaken the key and not be
reversible, or kosher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>I’ll
have to look again to see if there’s room to add Jiffy weights on the bottom of
the keys.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you add them to the
top, you block access to the capstan screw, although it’s already poor
access<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>-- this is a Wurtilizer
with those wippens that extend way forward of the capstans, plus the keys are
tapered in the vertical plane from the balance pin back to the capstan
area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Tapered so much that I doubt
they’re tall enough to get a traditional key lead in there.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Maybe the small ones.<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>What
do you use to swage the traditional type of key leads with?<span
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(the cylindrical, or slightly conical
ones)<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle15><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:12.0pt'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>--David
Nereson, RPT<o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p>
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