Hi Phil, An intermittant Baldwin dealer in my area asked me to look at one of these, same problem, with the possibility of improving it. This one was generally heavy all the way through, much worse in the bass and diminishing to merely abusive in the treble. If you've got what I found, forget it. In the piano I looked at, the hammers were HUGE and HEAVY and the shanks were LOOONG in relation to the knuckle distance from the center. There weren't any particular problems with friction, springs, damper weight, mice under the keys, evil spirits, or any other hidden and cleverly diagnosed problem. The problem was simply too heavy a hammer on too long a lever. It's un-fixable (that's un-good without hope) short of a bit of re-engineering and a lighter set of hammers. This dealer had another model DH that didn't have this problem. I pulled both actions for comparison, removed a hammer/shank/flange from each and held them side by side. BIG difference, all other things about the actions being similar. I know this doesn't solve your problem, but this one probably came from the engineering department, not QC. Good luck, and let us know what you ultimately found/did. Ron Nossaman At 10:12 AM 8/10/97 -0400, you wrote: >..Dear List: > >..i have in my posession a DH Baldwin action..customer is correct when she >says the action is *heavy*..bass section feels like there's concrete on the >back of the keys..tenor and treble section feels fine..i backed the jack off >of A0 till it missed and then reset it..still feels heavy.. > >..suggestions warmly welcomed.. > > > Ron Nossaman
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