key weight

[William Benjamin]

David,

 

Usually I put a packing blanket on the lid of the grand and put the action
up there to measure.  If I am checking one quickly, certainly I lift the
dampers.

 

William

 

 

 

 

PIANO BOUTIQUE

William Benjamin

Piano Tuner Extraordinaire

www.pianoboutique.biz

The tuner alone,

preserves the tone.

 

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Porritt, David
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 5:47 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: RE: key weight

 

Are you measuring the action with dampers lifted?  

 

dp

 

David M. Porritt

dporritt at smu.edu

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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of William Benjamin
Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:37 PM
To: Pianotech List
Subject: key weight

 

List,

 

I was in a store in Orlando over the weekend and heard a Kawai rep helping
with a sale.  This was a sales rep not a tec man.  His comment that raised
my attention was that there pianos were at 60 grams touch weight, which is a
standard on Steinway, Yamaha and all quality pianos.

 

Now that I have your atention let me tell you that I have gone to NAMM shows
before and asked that very question, "what is the standard for touch weight"
and no one would give me a strait answer.  I also know that most pianos that
I see, good grand's, are indeed around 60 grams.  

 

Now can anyone give me a strait forward answer?  What is the touch weight
that I should be looking for in medium to high quality grand pianos today.
I have heard people brag about 52 grams and such, but I just don't see it.
I have run a gram weight scale on every key from 1 to 88 on a lot of pianos
and on my new pianos I have brought the weight from 68 to 70 down to 62 and
60 on a lot of keys.  After that I have lubed, repinned and removed mass
from the hammer heals, but, you guessed it, it never gets much below 60.

 

Any one want to give me some guidance?

 

William

 

 

 

 

 

PIANO BOUTIQUE

William Benjamin

Piano Tuner Extraordinaire

www.pianoboutique.biz

The tuner alone,

preserves the tone.

 

 

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