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<DIV>I have a Baldwin SF-10 here on which I just measured the action
weight. C4 is 60 grams down, 45 grams up! Friction -- obviously is
good -- down weight bad. I hate adding lots of lead to the keys, but on
this piano there are only 3 weights in the bass section, 2 at C4, only 1 in the
upper treble, and actually 2 in the _back_ of C8. It appears that they did
straight pattern leading on this one. I can add 1 - 2 weights to each key
and bring it down to 44 at A0, 42 at C4 and 40 at B7 (I'd probably just take out
a back weight on C8). </DIV>
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<DIV>There is a point of diminishing returns on some actions where you can
reduce downweight by adding leads but the additional inertia makes it
feel to the player as though it is as heavy as it was before. Does anyone
think I'd get into inertia problems adding this amount of lead? </DIV>
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<DIV>dave</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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David M. Porritt
dporritt@mail.smu.edu
Meadows School of the Arts
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275
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