<WBR>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>
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<div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br>
Piano Tuner/Technician<br>
Honolulu, HI<br>
Author of <br>
The Business of Piano Tuning<br>
available from Potter Press<br>
www.pianotuning.com</div>
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-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Brian Doepke <bdoepke@verizon.net><br>
To: 'Pianotech List' <pianotech@ptg.org><br>
Sent: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 7:41 am<br>
Subject: jiffy leads<br>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I placed some trial leads on a few keys in a console last week. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I received a call today from the owner claiming that the leads are not adding the resistance she is looking for. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Actually, her daughter takes lessons on a grand piano away from her home, and has the console at home.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>She <SPAN class=GramE>want</SPAN> to get the feel more like the grand. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is it logical to add another lead to see if that helps?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Or is this overkill?</SPAN></FONT></div>
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I already tried to have several dampers lift a little <SPAN class=GramE>earlier ,</SPAN> by moving the spoon , but that did not add enough resistance either.</SPAN></FONT></div>
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