Friction and Balance pins

[Avery Todd]

Hi Ed,

   This must have been a little while ago or things have changed. All 5
of the new B's we got last year had major looseness at the balance hole.
There had to be a LOT of sizing done. One is still not as it should be.
Someone sure got over-enthusiastic with the easing tool on these!!!!!
   I'm having a hard time understanding how keys that are too tight at
the balance hole would increase repetition speed.

Avery

>    As a side note,  when I was at the Steinway factory for my "factory
>training week", J. Pramberger was in charge of production, and the balance
>rail holes were extremely tight.  I was told this was his idea for increasing
>repetition speed!  I found that it was not possible to get a really even key
>level, and measuring the aftertouch was difficult, since there was a strange
>feeling of resistance at the very bottom of the keydip.  Anybody else got any
>ideas on this??
>Regards,
>Ed Foote