Heavy action

[Farrell]

You'd be amazed at how much weight you can remove from a hammer when you really want/need to. If the piano is not worth putting a proper size hammer on (or owner is not willing to spend $$), then tapering, trimming all excess wood, drilling holes in molding, filing, etc. will really lighten them up. I would always recommend a proper set of hammers to start with, but if that is not an option, I say start hacking away. Be sure though that it is only hammer weight that is the problem, and not some other easily corrected action geometry thing.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David M. Porritt" <dm.porritt@verizon.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 10:35 AM
Subject: Re: Heavy action


> Actually I know already that the hammers are too heavy, I just don't
> think I can remove enough weight from the hammers to make enough of a
> difference.  Maybe I can taper some more, and add just 1 weight to
> the keys, I don't know.  I don't want to spend a lot of time/money on
> it as I hope that in the long range this piano will be replaced.  
> 
> dave