---------- > From: Richard Moody <remoody@easnetsd.com> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Silent series ? > Date: Thursday, September 04, 1997 11:45 PM > > I feel like a big Duh here. Since it has been mentioned so much. > What the heck is the "Silent Series"? Wasn't Yamaha's muffler strip > good enough with those felt punchings > that drop off when you remove it to tune? Like a little dab of pvc-e > is gonna cost them that much? > I am out of the loop as far as retail stores <sigh> and I let my > Music Trades subscription lapse. <duh> > > Richard DaDuh Dear Richard, Yamahas silent series is theie acoustic piano fitted with their digital piano sound module that allows you to play in acoustic mode, electronic mode through headphones, or both at the same time. It is also midied equipped. To do this they have fitted a device which stops the hammer from striking the strings in electronic mode. For this to work they had to make the piano able to function with a greater than normal let-off distance from the strings. That is what I meant. James Grebe pianoman@inlink.com> > ---------- > > From: pianoman <pianoman@inlink.com> > > To: pianotech@ptg.org > > Subject: Re: "Oval or Round Shanks" or to bend or not to bend > > Date: Thursday, September 04, 1997 6:50 AM > > Dear Richard, > > On the Yamaha silent series pianos the let-off is set further away > from the > > strings. I wonder if these pianos could be measured against normal > let-off > > as far as de-celeration is concerned? > > James Grebe > > pianoman@inlink.com > >
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