At 6:08 PM -0700 5/4/03, Blaine Hebert wrote: > I haven't been able to get in to assess the cause of the >heaviness, but it does not >feel like friction. You probably know that friction is a steady drag both down and up. If it feels like a spring, that's mass. I'd look for unshaped, rectangular hammer moldings. It maybe of a vintage before the factory learned to properly trim the sides and shape the tales of the hammers. Mass (well, actually gravity as it is relative to this planet) feels like a spring: the deeper you push it, the more it pushes back on you during the way back up. What feels like a spring is the speed which the hammer can develop on the way back. Lift the hammer upwards (with the key) and gravity will have more time with which to work acceleration on this return swing. If you want to measure with weights, measure not just the downweight but the upweight as well. The Stanwood DownWeight/UpWeight/BalanceWeight/FrictionWeight Polar Rule will quickly sort out for you whether this is a friction or a gravity problem. (Or just post the numbers here if you can't get one soon enough.) If it's neither of those, then you're into major surgery. I bet there's a reason this little jewel is in the lease-to-rent fleet. Let us know when you've had a look at it. Bill Ballard RPT NH Chapter, P.T.G. "Can you check out this middle C?. It "whangs' - (or twangs?) Thanks so much, Ginger" ...........Service Request +++++++++++++++++++++
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