<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3268" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><EM>"The better quality full sized uprights and studio pianos probably would not improve much by this."</EM></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>What is "this"?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><EM>"It was a piano that they could not replace with a better one because of family attachment."</EM></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>"Could not replace"? Correction: <U><EM>Chose</EM></U> not to replace.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=3>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 style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">The better quality full sized uprights and studio pianos probably would not improve much by this.  The spinets and consoles might be improved a lot by adding some weight to the back of the keys.  Most of them got none when they were built.  Not long ago I added weight to an old Acrosonic spinet that made a big improvement.  It was a piano that they could not replace with a better one because of family attachment.  The increased downweight makes it easier to play with better control, softer or louder, and the keys return quicker too.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bruce Dornfeld, RPT</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>