----- Original Message ----- [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] To: <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: May 03, 2003 8:27 AM Subject: Re: Key Leads and Inertia > > Del made some comments on the problems with too little action > compliance. Making the key stiffer is not going to get rid all the > compliance so I am not too worried about making the key too stiff. Just > be careful not to make the key too heavy. I use the weight to test the > flex and if it is not over the line I don't worry about it. > > John Hartman RPT It is not likely, using wood and given the space constraints in the average piano, that any practical keyset is going to be made overly stiff. I bring this up from time to time as I hear questions about keys made of aluminum or of some exotic composite. Del
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