>I was once tempted to assemble one of the Wurlitzer-style devices for >adding temporary weight to keys. I never finished the project. The >Wurlitzer method was that of using a length of all-thread, along with 'xxx' >washers flopping around on the rod, the washers obviously captive at the >ends with nuts. It occurred to me that 3~5 washer-widths (per key) might >not add sufficient mass to work, in spite of Wurlitzer claims that this was >their factory method for pre-leveling. > >Has anyone ever tried this? OR, does anyone have comments on the nail-type >weights? OR, does anyone have any other ideas besides the backcheck weights? > >Sorry for the tangential topic... otherwise it would be another ten years >before I remembered it again! 8-} > >Jim Harvey, RPT > I did, long time ago. I used aluminum tubing with machine screws in the ends instead of all thread, so there would be fewer internal grabby things. I still use it for all the consumer grade, meatball regulation work where no one is interested in splitting hairs so much as restoring function. It's quick and handy and, in a lot of cases, adequate. It's also bloody heavy! Ron N
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