Hi List, I received a call from a regular customer of mine who owns an Everett studio upright and wants me to add weights to the keys to make the touch firmer. She has just switched to a new piano teacher who owns a grand and the touch is so much heavier than her piano. Her piano teacher had weights added to her piano when she was young and in the learning phase. I told her that it's possible that her teacher's piano has a heavier touch because it is out of regulation. Anyhow, I stopped by the customer's place to do a touchweight measurement and sure enough, the touch on her piano was pretty light. The downweight was 40 grams and the upweight was OK at 25 grams. Now, I need to know if anyone has done this to an upright before and how should I go about giving her piano a heavier touch. I feel that just attaching lead weights to the back of the key would make the piano uncontrollable, much like a seesaw with a light person on one end and a heavy person on the other end. I have tuned this customer's piano for the past 10 years and want to keep her. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Ted Simmons Merritt Island, FL
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