Touchweight

[Richard Brekne]

Brian Lawson wrote:

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> >
> > 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
> >

I always end up with at least a few notes with this method.

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> >
> 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.

Have leveled at least a thousand keysets through the years, have never yet
gotten the leads to end up completely right. I always have to redo at least a
few and I use a pair of long angled tweasers to do the job. Action in the
piano, fully assembled, with the balance stop rail off so I can lift the keys
up just enough to slip my tweasers in.

Richard Brekne
I.C.P.T.G.  N.P.T.F
Bergen, Norway