Key weighting back

[James Grebe]

 Hi Ted,
I am not one of those who likes more touch weight just for the sake of touch
weight.  It is not going to feel like the grand even with the same touch
weight.  Upgrade is the answer.JMHO
James Grebe
R.P.T. of the P.T.G
pianoman@inlink.com
Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups and Practical Piano Peripherals in
St. Louis, MO
-----Original Message-----
From: Ted Simmons <ted@brevard.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Thursday, November 05, 1998 4:34 AM
Subject: Key weighting


>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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