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Topic: The touch weight of my piano is too hard for my liking.. (Read 3458 times)

songop.1

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The touch weight of my piano is too hard for my liking..

on: July 24, 2009, 07:23:24 PM

I have a 10 year old upright and had no problems with anything except one thing: its touch weight. It's like trudging through quicksand for your fingers and after every practice, at least one part of my body would get sore. Even during slow practice, I get tired. I figured it's not a relaxing issue, because I was fine practicing on my teacher's piano. Is there any way to confirm this? Fix it? Or should I get a new piano? And will this affect my technical development in the long run?

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turayza

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Re: The touch weight of my piano is too hard for my liking..

Reply #1 on: July 28, 2009, 10:00:25 PM

I've only heard of/played one brand of piano which has an adjustable touch weight--Steinways have some weird extra piece of something in them which allows tuners to adjust that. I don't think there's anything you can do to change your piano...

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Looking for a Baroque piece. Suggest one?
I've been looking at:
-Scarlatti K. 115

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