Seiler Job

[Bdshull@AOL.COM]

Richard,

Being so close to being able to do a support spring retrofit, I would be 
inclined to put springs in the rest of the whips, giving me the opportunity 
to get rid of excess key lead mass, be able to put the mass where I want it 
(the hammer), and get more control of balance weight (this before studying 
your spreadsheet...).  I am guessing the whips are ready, just need the 
springs and flanges/cord, which Renner might be talked out of, especially if 
you need several sets.

Bill Shull

In a message dated 9/6/01 7:03:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
rbrekne@broadpark.no writes:

<< Am getting ready to install a new set of hammers on this puppy. And
 have gotten into the habit of taking 15 or so samples and checking
 out the results ala  Stanwood. This is a roughly 7 foot Seiler
 Grand. There are whippen assist springs in the bass, but no where
 else, which accounts for the abrut shift in weights starting at key
 23 which is the lowest tenor. Otherwise lots of friction, slow
 hammer centers are at least partially to blame. Some very er....
 interesting FW's which mirror other problems. This ones going to be
 fun me thinks.
 
 I will probably be installing a SW curve starting at a weight of
 about 12 grams in the bass and remove the whippen assist springs
 since there are only 22 of them on the piano.
 
 I also want to in general lighten up as this is in a studio and a
 big hall sound isnt really appropriate. Although I suppose I need to
 be carefull cuz the room is has very damped acoustics what with
 carpets and such all over the place.
 
 Comments and advice are extremely welcome. I will be doing 6 sets
 this fall so its a great chance to get lots of experience in this
 approach to hammer installation and re-weighting of the keys.
 
 --
 Richard Brekne
 RPT, N.P.T.F.
 Bergen, Norway
 mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
 
 
 
 Key #  KR  WRW WBW SW  UW  DW  BW  F   FW  SBW TBW R
 1  0,52    20,80   10,82   14,20   52,00   81,00   66,50   14,50   23,30   
78,98   89,80   5,56
 15 0,52    21,20   11,02   13,20   49,00   81,00   65,00   16,00   22,20   
76,18   87,20   5,77
 21 0,52    20,80   10,82   12,80   54,00   85,00   69,50   15,50   14,10   
72,78   83,60   5,69
 22 0,53    21,00   11,13   12,60   46,00   90,00   68,00   22,00   19,90   
76,77   87,90   6,09
 23 0,52    21,00   10,92   11,10   20,00   52,00   36,00   16,00   38,40   
63,48   74,40   5,72
 40 0,52    21,00   10,92   11,30   20,00   46,00   33,00   13,00   42,60   
64,68   75,60   5,72
 49 0,53    20,80   11,02   9,70    18,00   50,00   34,00   16,00   32,40   
55,38   66,40   5,71
 50 0,53    21,40   11,34   10,00   17,00   46,00   31,50   14,50   39,40   
59,56   70,90   5,96
 51 0,52    21,10   10,97   9,70    24,00   54,00   39,00   15,00   31,10   
59,13   70,10   6,10
 61 0,52    21,00   10,92   8,80    16,00   58,00   37,00   21,00   26,50   
52,58   63,50   5,98
 69 0,52    21,60   11,23   8,80    24,00   51,00   37,50   13,50   25,30   
51,57   62,80   5,86
 70 0,53    21,40   11,34   9,00    22,00   51,00   36,50   14,50   29,70   
54,86   66,20   6,10
 71 0,52    21,40   11,13   8,70    21,00   54,00   37,50   16,50   21,80   
48,17   59,30   5,54
 80 0,52    21,60   11,23   7,40    25,00   51,00   38,00   13,00   15,50   
42,27   53,50   5,71
 88 0,52    20,80   10,82   7,10    24,00   58,00   41,00   17,00   12,10   
42,28   53,10   5,96
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