Very good nickel trick, but first, the man may play well enough to obtain enough nickel to measure the DW/UW (grin) If I where to play piano in a restaurant, I probably may find the keys heavy sometime, particularely on the kind of unregulated/voiced baby grand there is generally. I have find a push/pull dynamometer to check UW/DW without having to carry all that stuff. Isaac OLEG Entretien et reparation de pianos. PianoTech 17 rue de Choisy 94400 VITRY sur SEINE FRANCE tel : 033 01 47 18 06 98 fax : 033 01 47 18 06 90 cell: 06 60 42 58 77 > -----Message d'origine----- > De : pianotech-bounces@ptg.org > [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]De la > part de Blaine Hebert > Envoye : lundi 5 mai 2003 03:09 > A : PTG Piano Technicians Guild List > Objet : Key Weight > > > Dear Dave, > > Being somewhat new to the list and lacking time to dig through the > archives I don't know how often this has been discussed: > > A US nickel happens to weigh exactly 5 grams. In a case > where you need > to know static touch weight a simple stack of nickels will tell you > within 5 grams or less. > > Its also less intimidating to customers (perhaps a disadvantage). > > Blaine Hebert > > Piannaman@aol.com wrote:List, > > There have been many, many posts about touch-weight, key > leading, etc. > in the last few days. > Some of it I get, and some of it, well, let's just say it > eludes me. It > is sinking in > gradually. > > I have a job that may require a real-world application of > some of the > theoretical situations > that have been posted. I will probably be flamed for not > looking in the > archives, the Journal, > or other resources, but--covered up asbestos(sorry...:-) I know > how--here goes: > > I have a friend who plays piano at a restaurant. It's a > new Henry F. > Miller--actually a Pearl > River, I believe--petite grand(she called it a "Harry Potter, or > something" when I asked her to > describe it to me). Sue complained about the heaviness of > the touch, > which surprised me until > she asked me to sit in for a tune. I wasn't able to get the gram > weights out at dinner hour > last night, but I'd be willing to wager that it's up around > 75-80 grams > touch weight. Playing > it is like weightlifting. > > It is a rental piano, and the restaurant owner doesn't want to spend > much money on getting it > to work any better. I'd like to help my friend out, though, and > experiment a bit in the > process. I haven't been able to get in to assess the cause of the > heaviness, but it does not > feel like friction. I am going to tune it and give it a minor > regulation within a couple of > weeks, at which time I'll have more info. > > Has anybody worked on one of these? Any suggestions for > lightening the > action without major > surgery would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Dave Stahl > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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