I think some do think about the weight. Those who think about scale/soundboard/hammer matching (and I include myself in this group) definitely think about the hammer density and weight combinations. Putting together leverage and weight tends to be considered more in terms of touchweight dynamics and less in terms of tone, or so it seems to me. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of PAULREVENKOJONES at aol.com Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 8:27 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Force equivalents in different actions Haven't those who think about this kind of thing (soundboard design, flexibility, mass, etc, hammer/strike weight, AR's, etc., been doing this at least intuitively up until now, i.e. aiming at a tonal result which is a matching of all of the considerations and more mentioned above? It has been my experience, as sceptical (not simple dubioiusness for the sake of it) as I am of much of the claims made for different methods, metrics, and structural designs.
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