Hi Daniel In an older action you see this quite a bit actually. Some years back it was fashionable to use much more leads in the keys then today. And perhaps at somepoint the hammers had been changed to a lighter set and a quick and dirty counterbalancing was done. I remember about 30 years ago when I did my first Steinway beater grand hammer replacement. I'd been told loosely that I should remove a bunch of the key leads ... grin.. so I did. One on each key. Didnt think more about it. Hammers went on and all looked well and fine. At the time I didnt notice anything at all about the touch. I have since wondered just how heavy the darn thing ended up, and after the discussion of the past few weeks I begin to wonder whether what we usually associate with action heaviness, Balance Weight, is nearly so important after all. RicB daniel carlton wrote: > > is it normal for the leads inserted into the sides of the keys to be > gone from an entire section? most of the keys i noticed this on had > one of two leads missing. (it's a baldwin sd-10, if that matters.) > > thanks > > daniel carlton
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