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  • 1.  Record for Most Lead in Key

    Posted 06-21-2021 17:08
    Is there a world record for the most lead in a key? Here is my entry......



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    Terry Farrell
    Farrell Piano Service, Inc.
    Brandon, Florida
    terry@farrellpiano.com
    813-684-3505
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  • 2.  RE: Record for Most Lead in Key

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 06-21-2021 17:41
    I had a key with 8.  You win

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    Willem "Wim" Blees, RPT
    Mililani, HI 96789
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  • 3.  RE: Record for Most Lead in Key

    Member
    Posted 06-21-2021 19:00
    If that is in an S&S I think I know that piano. The owner recently posted on the neighbor app she was looking for a pianist to play the piano for a gathering at her house. Whoever got the gig would be interesting to interview. There was so much lead in the keys of that piano the movers probably charged extra. I may have some pictures of it because it was memorable.

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    James Kelly
    Owner- Fur Elise Piano Service
    Pawleys Island SC
    843-325-4357
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  • 4.  RE: Record for Most Lead in Key

    Posted 06-22-2021 01:50
    And I thought 5 in the bass of a Baldwin L was excessive. I ended up taking 3.2 lbs. of lead out of that piano. Ten leads?  That's a sin!!!  LOL

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    Michael Evans
    Mansfield TX
    817-822-3591
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  • 5.  RE: Record for Most Lead in Key

    Registered Piano Technician
    Posted 06-22-2021 03:37
    The closer to the balance rail, the less effective the lead (that's good, right?) Though the accumulative impact of each lead is equal when you have to carry the action.

      When I documented one of the earliest Centennial Steinway grands (ca. 1875), I  discovered a similar setup - original to the piano.   I figured it would be unplayable but no!   It weirdly worked.  It was not about the difference between DW and UW, or obtaining a 20g minimum UW (UW was around 11-12g) but simply about the high inertia.  If you could get it going it would keep going .....sigh...you were floating on a sea of moving lead.

    I found this a lot in early Steinways and there's more to the analysis but I'll talk about that in my class at Orlando.

    Regards,

    Bill

    Bill Shull, RPT, M.Mus.
    www.shullpiano.com
    www.periodpiano.org
    909 796-4226

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  • 6.  RE: Record for Most Lead in Key

    Posted 06-22-2021 07:35
    How's this...

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    Jon Page
    mailto:jonpage@comcast.net
    http://www.pianocapecod.com
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  • 7.  RE: Record for Most Lead in Key

    Posted 06-22-2021 08:53
    or this...



    I'm sure David Stanwood has some doosies.

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    Jon Page
    mailto:jonpage@comcast.net
    http://www.pianocapecod.com
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  • 8.  RE: Record for Most Lead in Key

    Member
    Posted 07-21-2021 19:37
    ⊙∀⊙！

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    ?????? Xi??an
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  • 9.  RE: Record for Most Lead in Key

    Posted 07-21-2021 22:40
    Impressive !
    Is this a factory key-weighting?

    I've never seen keys weighted under neath like that - fascinating.

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    Joël Weber
    Weberpianocare.com
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