<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3199" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Wim has a good idea. IMHO, not only is it impossible to make a console action feel like a grand, but what if the grand in question is something like a 1920s S&S with a green vertigris action - or even just some other action that was set up poorly - like excessive leading, etc.?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I service a couple older worn out S&S grands at a performance facility in town here. I'm continually trying to have them upgrade the pianos - but to no avail. I saw a very talented student perform a piece on the piano a while back. I'm always amazed that anyone can even play those pianos. When she was done I asked her what she thought of the piano and the way the action played. She replied: "Oh, I'm used to it. I have a Steinway at home."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Go figgur.....</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV>Before adding weight to the keys, make sure that is what the daughter is looking for. Ask who the teacher is and do some investigating. What is the DW & UW of the keys on the teacher's grand compared to the student's console. Maybe one or the other needs to be regulated.  <BR></DIV> <DIV style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>