<!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 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Phil Ford wrote</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV>>So, how to explain Ric's example that the favorite action of = his <BR>>students has a SWR of 6.2 and is 'heavy in a good way'.  = How high is <BR>>too high?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>I wish I knew!  Queried = Ric on other parameters of this instrument, </FONT><FONT face="Courier New" = size=2>but nothing really jumped out.  High SWR, top med SW, low friction (as = in worn out), unassisted BW=55g, he didn't way what the assisted BW was though = (Ric??).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Obviously I can only speculate, = but a modest BW, say 38g with some inertia behind it gives you a nice sense of = "throwing" a weight when playing.  And with low friction, you give = it a push and it keeps going.  There is also a good sense of control - = it takes a bigger change in force to change the speed of the hammer.  Some = pianos you feel like you're pushing the hammer rather than throwing = it.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>Can't really say for sure = though.  Things get so messy when you get out of the theory and into the real world!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2>-Mark</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Courier New" = size=2></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>