Hi @pianoexpert, I would like to get in touch with you to resolve a couple of problems with my instrument, specifically some modifications I made related to weight reduction. I removed wood from the hammers and the action; during the time it took for the work (almost two months)—both the shanks that I wanted to replace but then put the originals back, and also the hammers—they have become crooked.
First of all, I would like to ask you what you think, and if you can help me perfect an instrument that arrived very heavy for me, making it impossible to study and improve. I would like advice on how to solve the most evident problems as of today, as well as:
Part of the crooked shanks that do not strike the cap, and part of the hammers, which remain stuck to each other.
And any advice or tricks to have a light instrument with maximum response.
If I played solely from the key as all beginners usually do, I would never have made these modifications. But by my choice, articulating the keyboard heavily, the heavy action would not sink in.
