Hear hear! Just what I was thinking. Todd, if the customer is feeling the limitations of this piano, they probably need to upgrade. If you want to perform on quality instruments, there comes a point where you need to practice on a quality intrument. Ric, I think you might be lucky to even be able to measure downweight, upweight etc reliably on such an instrument! You think? Scott Jackson ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Sutton This is a Baldwin Classic Console! Possibly one of the junkiest junk pianos ever made. I would not expect too much, or invest too much in it. Adding keyweights gives the fingers lead to push on, that's all. It's a pretty "flat" conception of what the effort at the keyfront is about. Get some small "Binder Clips" from the office supply store. Clip them at the top of the hammer shank, just below the hammer head, and squeeze to remove the wire handles. If necessary, re-shim the hammer rest rail to accept the slight change in clearance.
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