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<DIV><FONT size=3>Yeah, I hear ya. I reserve the process I was describing for
high-end uprights.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I've back leaded a few spinets, it really fixes them. Afterall the keys
are easy to pull, it's the actions I don't want anything to do with. Kind of
like was stated in an earlier post, I just draw a line after trying a few
sample and take them home to the drill press. I don't think it takes much
longer than a tuning or two to do this.</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>I also have an interest in learning how to improve upright
action touchweight.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>I have done much the same as you write Fenton, but I have
on some instruments gone so far as to do a Stanwood-type Strike Weight
evening/tapering and even/taper out key Front Weights the Stanwood-type way,
i.e. where one eliminates friction from the process. I use a number of
sample notes, get the friction as close to target as possible, then evaluate
what kind of leading is optimal (DW/UW). Then I take the keys out and put
them on the Stanwood-type touchweight stand and weight off FWs to
get an even taping on them. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>After all that, one still may have some inconsistencies in
touchweight, which I even out with minor hammer butt spring tension
adjustments. I figure this process gets you something like the Stanwood-type
optimized grand action - the hammers and keys are all nicely weight
evened/tapered, and any touchweight anomalies can be easily rectified by
getting friction back into the optimal zone and/or regulating butt spring
tension.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Not sure this the most optimal way to go, but it seems
like the closest approach I could find to evening out touchweight on an
action, and retain the ability to correct it in the future very easily
through friction (first/preferably) and butt spring regulation.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>I haven't done this process on any Gulbranson
spinets. ;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Terry
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