This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment To all, I would be most appreciative if anybody would be able to help me = understand problems with touch weight in actions. I was recently talking to a friend who is a piano technician and he was = showing me a Schimmel grand action he just got in for repair ( not sure = what size grand as he only had the action but apparently the piano is = 30 years old, and has not been touched by anyone) He said the touch = was very heavy, and when he put weights on it the keys would not budge = under 60 grams although this varied from key to key.I asked if it was = only due to heavy hammers? surely there must be friction problems as = well (as I am sure Schimmel would not regulate their actions to 60 grams = (is this assumption right?) He said yes there was friction problems an = he proceeded to quickly lubricate the roller on middle C, when he put = the weights on this key it then moved at around 50 grams. I thought = surely this would prove that there were friction problems and not hammer = weight problems, he explained to me that although the weight had dropped = the hammers were too heavy and that it will not play properly. I seem to = have an uneasy feeling about this explanation and would be most grateful = for anyone able to help explain what may be happening in this action. sincerely, Stuart Balsillie Piano Technician Kyneton Australia sabalsillie@bigpond.com ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/9b/4e/a0/0d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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