Most consoles and spinets which come through my shop get back lead on the naturals to even the touchweight between them and the sharps. I've found that generally removing 6 grams of FW accomplishes this. The keys weigh pretty much the same across the keyboard so the lead is inserted at the same point along the keystick. Once the lead is located, a fence on the drill press is easy production work. With the recycled 'eyelet press' for swaging (jpg attch'd), I can get this job done in 45 minutes. Keys # 1 & 88 get 2 leads installed to produce the same FW as the rest. It's quick, increases repetition and touch with minimal time; let's face it, they're not worth spending a whole lot of time on. I have not found it necessary to install back lead on the sharps but it could be done with a different leading pattern than the naturals. Determine the current touchweight and where you want it to figure if you want to install back lead on all the keys or just the naturals. This is the perfect application to recycle leads removed from grand releading or salvaged leads from disposed pianos. -- Regards, Jon Page -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: lead_swedge1.jpg Type: application/octet-stream Size: 195911 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20090213/073001b8/attachment-0001.obj>
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