<HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2715.400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2>It's pretty hard to tell without doing some analysis as to how to approach it.  The best case scenario would be that the leverage is right for the hammer weight  and they forgot to put any lead in the keys.  Then a simple weigh off and the addition of lead could get the action up (down) and running in a few hours.  If the  keys are leaded then the problem is elsewhere and it will require more work and the cost would probably be prohibitive in this situation.  Since it's a rental piano major surgery would not be advisable anyway.  There's no adequate way to address it without spending some money (like most things).</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" size=2> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com"></A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 5/2/2003 3:14:16 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> A weighty subject: real-world application?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>List, <BR><BR>There have been many, many posts about touch-weight, key leading, etc. in the last few days.  Some of it I get, and some of it, well, let's just say it eludes me.  It is sinking in gradually. <BR><BR>I have a job that may require a real-world application of some of the theroetical situations that have been posted.  I will probably be flamed for not looking in the archives, the Journal, or other resources, but--covered up asbestos(sorry...:-) I know how--here goes: <BR><BR>I have a friend who plays piano at a restaurant.  It's a new Henry F. Miller--actually a Pearl River, I believe--petite grand(she called it a "Harry Potter, or something" when I asked her to describe it to me).  Sue complained about the heaviness of the touch, which surprised me until she asked me to sit in for a tune.  I wasn't able to get the gram weights out at dinner hour last night, but I'd be willing to wager that it's up around 75-80 grams touch weight.  Playing it is like weightlifting. <BR><BR>It is a rental piano, and the restaurant owner doesn't want to spend much money on getting it to work any better.  I'd like to help my friend out, though, and experiment a bit in the process.  I haven't been able to get in to assess the cause of the heaviness, but it does not feel like friction.  I am going to tune it and give it a minor regulation within a couple of weeks, at which time I'll have more info.   <BR><BR>Has anybody worked on one of these?  Any suggestions for lightening the action without major surgery would be appreciated. <BR><BR>Thanks, <BR><BR>Dave Stahl <BR><BR></FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>