Touchweight

Brian Lawson lawsonic@global.co.za
Mon, 23 Aug 1999 18:29:51 +0200


> >The rest is always done in and at the piano. Does this mean taking the
action
> >in and out of the piano dozens of times?  Yes.  For key leveling, does
this
> >mean using a straight edge and "guessing" at the proper punchings,
taking the
> >whole action stack off each time, lifting up the balance rail punching
and
> >putting the paper and/or card punchings under it?  Yes.
> >
> >Bill Bremmer RPT
> 
> A much easier method is to cut a small section out of the punching, and
> insert it on to the pin from underneath the action with a forceps or
> something similar.  No need to remove the stack each time
> 
> John McKone, RPT
> St. louis Park, Minnesota
> mckonejw@skypoint.com
> 
> 
Or, why not just have a set of key weights that clip onto the backcheck,
then you are just leveling the keys in the piano and you can remove each
key and add/remove punchings  as needed.

Brian Lawson


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