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jolly roger wrote:
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<br><font size=+0>>I've never heard of adding weights to the hammers!
The more of the</font>
<br><font size=+0>>lousy lead you can get rid of the better, for the reasons
Roger gives.</font>
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<br><font size=+0>>JD</font>
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<br><font size=+0>Greetings John,</font>
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Adding weight to the hammer or shank, will increase the strike weight,
and will have a great effect on tone quality. As general statement,
strike weight goes up, so will the power.</font>
<p><font size=+0>Now Ric, some one asking how to correct touch weight,
after changing a set of hammers, is hardly going to have all the tools
to do a complete touch weight analysis. So it is reasonable
to assume, all that is availiable to the tech is a generic set of weights.
Thats why I advised removal of key lead. Most of the old Steinway's
had way too many.</font>
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Ah !! there we have it ! And based on those assumptions I would aggree
with you for sure. My take was simply directed towards encouraging those
who are in that exact situation to upgrade to this relatively new way of
going about things. You know that Stanwood kit costs around 150 dollars
or so ? People are putting out a grand or more for a tuning device... so
the kit is a bargain in comparison. And like I said. You can wow'em and
have a good time at it and do it all fast and effective.
<p>I aggree about the Steinways tho. But then Wim is at a University....
some of them professors and piano majors can be er.... dangerous.
So the better equipped he or any of us in that kind of spot is to knock
there shorts off, the happier everyone is going to be.
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<br><font size=+0>With the old model O's, I would also advise, removing
the wippens, cleaning the repition spring slots, and springs. It never
ceases to amaze me how much it narrows the DW-UW spread, as well as evening
out the friction numbers.</font>
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Good advice again !
<blockquote TYPE=CITE><font size=+0>Regards Roger</font></blockquote>
<p><br>Best regards Rog.
<p>RicB
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<br>Richard Brekne
<br>RPT, N.P.T.F.
<br>Bergen, Norway
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