fast repetition

[Greg Newell]

Barrie Heaton wrote:
>
> Dear Greg,
>
> When you are on the phone to Yamahas you may point out to them like I
> did that more and more non yamaha techs are going to service their more
> exotic flavours of piano as time goes on.  They agree as more of their
> exotic poanos came in to the secondhand market more non trained Yamaha
> techs will be servicing them.  So they agreed that I could attend their
> next training schedule for free.
>
> You may be interested in something similar.
>
> Regatrds,
>
> Barrie.
>
> In article <337123A7.2D8F@en.com>, Greg Newell <gnewell@en.com> writes
> >List,
> >       Greetings all! I have a dilemma I'd like to discuss with you
> >all.  It is a warrantee situation and I have not yet contacted the
> >manufacturer but do fully intend to. I have recieved such good advice
> >and insight from you all in the past I thought I'd run this by you first
> >before I get the proverbial "we've never heard of that problem before".
> >       Well, here goes. This week I've run into a Yamaha MX100II
> >purchased by one of my customers 2 years ago and serviced the first few
> >times by the dealers technician. My customer is a good player and also a
> >teacher and accompanist. She is unable to get good repetition from quite
> >a few "popular" note  in the mid-section of the keyboard. The "other"
> >tech increased letoff on at least two occasions to insure that the jack
> >was clearing the hammer butt cushion for proper return of the jack but
> >the problem still exists.
> >        I have found, during my examination, that both the hammer return
> >spring and the jack spring have plenty of kick to them. All parts are
> >pinned well within tolerance and the action feels normal. Furthur, the
> >regulation is pretty good. I've not found anything that I would normally
> >look for in this type of situation. Perhaps the only clues I have are
> >somewhat loose hammer butt buckskin over a fairly soft cushion and that
> >the problem is more prominent with the sustain pedal engaged. Aside from
> >these observations I haven't a clue. It seems that the "other" tech is
> >in the dark as well.
> >       I would appreciate any insight you might be able to share with me
> >before I contact Yamaha and ask for their help.
> >
> >Thanks in advance!
> >                               Greg
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Barrie,

    Indeed I would be interested in that. Perhaps I can be successful
there too!
                               Greg
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