---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Ric Thanks for the feedback. Sounds like good analysis. I'd like to have occasion to fix one of these as by in large I like the sounds. Dale Hi Dale This echos my observations in general about Petrofs. Nice sound picture in general... sometimes a problem with falsness but a nice big round sound. But actions have problems. In one way its a field techs dream because you can make such a nice difference by really slicking out the action. As too your strike weights, ratio and BW. The friction you give, added to the general heaviness of the hammers is going to make the thing play like a truck. You are left with removing what hammer weight you can by shaping... removing staples... etc. or replacing heads. The 5.3 ratio if correct should actually nearly be up to the task of one quarter high strike weights. That is to say if you are going to use Stanwoods maximums for FW's and a 38-40 balance weight. That said, the heavier the hammer the more friction, wear and tear problems. If you can get them down to three quarter mediums I think you would find the existing ratio quite nice and you'd lighten up the whole scope of touchweight. I agree... the best option is new heads. Might I suggest getting them through Andre ? You can get origional colours and to some degree the overall dead weights you want. In anycase I ordered a set through him and they came out at one half mediums that I leaded up to three quarter mediums. The action plays quite nice now and looks origional. Cheers RicB ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/bb/c5/9e/50/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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