[CAUT] tight balancier

[Jim Busby]

All. I set the goal as 7 and the parameters as 6-8. Seems safe.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of
Willem Blees
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 12:36 PM
To: College and University Technicians
Subject: Re: [CAUT] tight balancier

Jim 

Are you doing 6 - 8 on all the reps, or just the ones int he bass?

Wim 

Quoting Jim Busby <jim_busby at byu.edu>:

> Wim,
> 
> Davenport advocates 6-8 grams on the rep lever (a bit more
> resistance
> than convention). Seems like he even went to nine. I've been doing
> that
> for about a year now and I really like it. Seems to stabilize the
> regulation more.
> 
> Jim Busby BYU
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
> Of
> Willem Blees
> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 10:46 AM
> To: College and University Technicians
> Subject: Re: [CAUT] tight balancier
> 
> Ed
> 
> this morning on the Concert D, I repinned about 2 dozen balanciers in
> 
> octaves 2 and 3 from about 2 grams up to 6 grams. I had to reset the
> 
> springs so that the hammer just barely moves up on release. The 
> bobbling was less than before, but they still do not check on a
> medium 
> to soft blow. 
> 
> I checked the resistance on the lowest octave, and they were at 6 
> grams already. But they are also still bobbling on a medium blow. 
> (They do check on a harder blow). Have you tried increasing the 
> resistance to more than 6 grams in the low bass?
> 
> 
> 


Willem Blees, RPT
Piano Tuner/Technician
School of Music
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL USA