Dummy weights (was Re: Touchweight)

Newton Hunt nhunt@jagat.com
Tue, 31 Aug 1999 18:19:50 -0400


> Roger Weisensteiner once told me how they really leveled keys in the
> Kimball factory, the blind techs did it...by feel!

Diane,

Roger was pulling you leg, mostly.  They _did_ have a tuner there who
could tune a piano without a mute.  Just needed a fork and a hammer. 
The noise level in that factory was unbelievable when you had eight or
ten tuners going at it all day long.  He did happen to be blind.

		Newton




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