Lead in European Instruments

[Don]

Hi Terry,

It would be better to go one step farther and upgrade to the magnetic
action. Cost would be some what more than Standwood but results would be
lovely I'm sure. Seeing as Magnets are made from ferric materials that
would "get the lead out".

At 06:24 AM 4/12/2006 -0400, you wrote:
>   Certainly heed Roger Jolly's advice and establish  with certainty
>whether it can go as it is with the lead.   But, if you find that the lead
>is a problem, I've  one idea anyway - and it perhaps is the easiest - would
>be to have someone like  David Stanwood balance the action. Set the action
>up with wippen assist springs  - those will eliminate much of the
>lead/weight needed in the keys. Then with the  reduced weight needs, I'm
>sure one could successfully weigh off the keys using  steel/brass/whatever,
>and as these other metals are quite a bit less malleable than lead, you
>would likely have to epoxy them in  place - that's why it would be REALLY
>smart to do a nice action balancing job -  because the key weighing would
>be somewhat permanent (more permanent than  traditional leading). 

Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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