How to best lighten the touch on a P-22, please ???

[Annie Grieshop]

One of the things I've noticed on many new pianos is that they often have
absolutely no lost motion and the action feels verrrry heavy in comparison
with what I would expect.  I have also noticed that my upper forearms always
ache when/after I play those pianos.  Put some lost motion back, the tension
goes away.

I can only guess it's that teensy bit of initial momentum assisting before
the jack makes contact.  It took me a while to figure out that that was the
culprit, and I'm not at all sure that my analysis of the effect is
correct... but I do know that my arms stop aching.

Completely anecdotal evidence, just in case it gives you another perspective
(from somebody who's always more comfortable with quantifiable data <g>).

Annie Grieshop

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gordon stelter [mailto:lclgcnp at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Monday, October 08, 2007 10:53 PM
> To: l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net; Pianotech List
> Subject: How to best lighten the touch on a P-22, please ???
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> I have some ideas, already, but don't want to do
> anything that might create another problem, elsewhere,
> and am not too proud to ask for advice.
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> Peace,
>      G
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> P.S. The piano, a new one, is in a  college dorm with
> some excellent platyers who run the risk of tendon
> injury if this isn't addressed.
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