Letting tomatoes fly (was re: adjusting wippen...)

Richard Brekne Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
Thu, 18 Dec 2003 14:21:44 +0100


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Mark Davidson wrote:

> Phil Ford wrote >So, how to explain Ric's example that the favorite
> action of his
> >students has a SWR of 6.2 and is 'heavy in a good way'.  How high is
> >too high? I wish I knew!  Queried Ric on other parameters of this
> instrument, but nothing really jumped out.  High SWR, top med SW, low
> friction (as in worn out), unassisted BW=55g, he didn't way what the
> assisted BW was though (Ric??).
>
> The assist BW is 42 grams. This was the same for the assist springs
> before I installed the magnets. Same kinds of comments in both cases.
>
>  Obviously I can only speculate, but a modest BW, say 38g with some
> inertia behind it gives you a nice sense of "throwing" a weight when
> playing.  And with low friction, you give it a push and it keeps
> going.  There is also a good sense of control - it takes a bigger
> change in force to change the speed of the hammer.  Some pianos you
> feel like you're pushing the hammer rather than throwing it. Can't
> really say for sure though.  Things get so messy when you get out of
> the theory and into the real world! -Mark
>

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