Brian, What is the piano you are considering doing this on??? Do they really need balancing/reweighing of the keys, or a new piano? If they are concerned about the child's pianistic development, don't put a band-aid on her sliced jugular vein. If the piano is a PSO and not a decent instrument, you might first encourage them to upgrade. After all, finger strength is one thing, but if the piano isn't capable of dynamic expression, or helping the child develop a sense of touch, what's the point in re-leading here? If you do end up installing leads, I'd recommend you look up Jiffy Leads in the Schaff catalogue - then promptly forget they exist (for the most part). If you are going to balance/reweight these keysticks, do it professionally - drill & swage. JMO. I think the jiffy leads probably have a good use, but I haven't found it yet. ;-] Best, William R. Monroe > Please let me more about the Jiffy key leads. > > Thank you, > > Brian P. Doepke > > On all consoles and spinets which come through the shop > I install back lead. A good way to recycle leads removed > from grand action improvements. Mostly on the naturals > to effect a -6g FW to even the touch between the sharps and naturals. > > An alternate to drilling and swaging lead is to install Jiffy Key Leads. > -- > > Regards, > > Jon Page
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