<html> The easiest way to increase touchweight on an upright is to install Jiffy Leads. The benefit of these is that they are equally easy to remove or alter their position. Make sure the action is properly regulated so as to be certain that weight is actually all that is desired. I think it was mentioned that having the dampers lift a little sooner will add their resistance sooner in the keystroke thus raise th  touchweight,  check the damper spring tension as well as well as the jack spring and hammer return springs. Regards, Jon Page At 08:01 AM 11/03/2000 -0600, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite cite>These last two posts refer to whippen/key leverage.  You can tilt the action changing the whippen felt to capstan contact point which will change touchweight.  On Baldwins and other brands where the action sits on thinner posts, you can actually bend the post front to back changing the leverage. We're talking slight. This works.  However, on the Yamaha's this is impossible (short thick stubby screw on a wooden base) without removing the post and the wooden base it sits on (filling screw holes and redrilling) and repositioning the base itself in new screw location.  This process makes it hard to experiment with different positions.  Again, it works.  By tilting the botton of the action away from the key the action is heavier..like pushing someone further out on a seesaw.  But we're not talking much, keep an eye on whippen felt to capstan contact through the stroke and consider wear, etc.  I do not believe this affects repetition.  The solder idea has worked well, too.  Have fun, but be cautious! Lance Lafargue, RPT Mandeville, LA New Orleans Chapter, PTG lancelafargue@bellsouth.net -----Original Message----- From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [<a href="mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org%5DOn" eudora="autourl">mailto:o= wner-pianotech@ptg.org]On</a> Behalf Of Kristinn Leifsson Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 5:34 AM To: pianotech@ptg.org Subject: Re: Yamaha U1 touchweight What about this, for increasing leverage on the *whippen*, manipulate the capstan wire (if present) in such a way that the capstan touches the whippen closer to you than it did before. Would you think this to be a bad idea? It wouldn´t have to be really tipped or anything but I wonder if this would increase the wear and tear on the overlying felt. Best regards, Kristinn Leifsson, Reykjavík, Iceland At 11:50 3.11.2000 +0100, you wrote: >A trick I just ran into has to do with foosking around with the balance >point of >the key. As I understand it if you want to increase leverage (lighten touch) >take a half of a felt balance rail punching and glue it on balance rail around >the back side of the balance pin. If you want to decrease leverage (heavier >touch) do the opposite. Have never tried this so I have no idea how it works. >-- >Richard Brekne >RPT, N.P.T.F. >Bergen, Norway</blockquote></html>