And I guess you are perfectly right with that, as I noticed an a hard to accelerate piano that had a very even zone for soft playing (even, but somewhat slow because a lot of lead have been used to counterbalance leaded hammers). The sudden difference in reaction when one want to play more strong exacerbate the even BW effect, but doing so it gives a difficult to understand action (from the pianist point of view) So it add a new sensation in the touch of the piano, but does not correct the remaining that is used more often, unless you play really soft music only. A friend of mine pianist tells me about "soft medicines" when talking about even BW actions, all other things being equal, that is worth the try but as you state only for the lighter touch. What is good with the BW method is the appreciation of action's ratios, if one knows that it cant compare with leverage measures made with the length of arms, the method is still accurate and easy to deal with. On another hand we can get good results changing leverage issues to accommodate a little heavy hammers - or poorly designed actions. Happy new year Isaac OLEG You wrote : <I think of the Balance weigh as setting the lowest threshold for soft > playing. If, for example, you have a BW of 38grams, the very least force needed to start to move the action is 38gm*gravity or 38gm*980cm/sec^2. Balance weight doesn't tell us anything about how the action will respond to more force than this. John Hartman RPT John Hartman Pianos [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] > Rebuilding Steinway and Mason & Hamlin > Grand Pianos Since 1979 > > Piano Technicians Journal > Journal Illustrator/Contributing Editor [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] > > > _______________________________________________ > caut list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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