<html> <body> Barbara, In the (almost) 11 years I've been at the university, I've also found this to be very true in relation to how heavy/light an action feels! I've also found that regulation, especially along with voicing, to have the same reaction. Avery At 02:02 PM 1/5/04, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hey Ric, So, would the good kind of heavy have anything to do with the magic of voicing?  I know you've got your numbers (75!), but I've encountered pianists making comments about a piano's action feeling heavy, when what they really wanted was the piano to be voiced brighter and more responsive....and the opposite, a piano feeling too light because the voicing was too bright.  I guess what I'm trying to say is that you can have perfect numbers (which you didn't before you worked on it), but the pianist's perception of the tone can sometimes make those numbers a moot point.  Just a thought.......though the *Ric Brekne sound* is probably remarkably consistent!  ;-) Barbara Richmond, RPT somewhere near Peoria, IL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> To: "Newtonburg" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:26 AM Subject: The Good kind of Heavy > Hi touchweight freaks. I wrote a few weeks ago about an August Forster > grand we have at the university that students just love to play on > because of its heavy touch.  I have heard time and time again that the > instrument feels heavy in "the good way". > _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <a href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives" eudora="autourl">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</a></blockquote></body> </html>