Touch weight

madelyn mrykalo madvinmryk@yahoo.com
Wed, 17 Dec 2003 19:46:36 -0800 (PST)


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HI-
More telling than downweight/upweight is moment of inertia/front weight (which are two different things).  UW/DW will not, in and of itself, tell much of anything about the action's feel.

Jeff Tanner <jtanner@mozart.sc.edu> wrote:
Wim,
That sounds very consistent with the DW UW numbers on the piano 
everyone likes so much here.
Jeff

On Monday, December 15, 2003, at 06:26 PM, Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> I've just done complete down and up weight measurement on the new D. 
> From C1 - F2, the down weight is between 52 and 55 grams. The rest is 
> between 47 and 50, with a few 45's and 46's in the 7th octave. 
> Upweight is generally between 27 and 30 grams, with some as low as 25 
> and a couple as high as 34.
>  
> The Piano Action Handbook says down should be 51-52 in the bass 
> graduating to 47 in the treble, with up weights at 20. After Christmas 
> I'm going to lube all centers and check for pinning. Hopefully I'll 
> get better upweight measurements. Is this about what you guys are 
> going for? BTW, is TW the difference between down and up, or am I 
> missing something in the calculation?
>  
> Wim


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