You ask a fundamental question of taste. Yamaha wants quick rise in hammer after check. (strong spring tension) Not enough to boble but enough that it bothered you. Good regulation is a compromise. You can weaken the rep springs to where at a soft blow as you described it would feel better to you but the trade off is in fast repetition. This is the side I want to fudge to. I believe, as Yamaha, to set those reps with a fast rise... just short of the string. Terry Niimi is a tech to listen to. I have learned a lot from him. You were blessed to have been in a class with them both. Ed Tomlinson << I asked Terry how to fix them and He said that it was normal. Another tech asked Laroy and he said just about the same thing. I have had this problem, mostly on Yamaha's. I play piano a little and this bugs me. I am not happy with regulation jobs when this happens, yet, I suppose I shouldn't be if the Yamaha guys think it's normal. What say ye, oh men and women of the PTG. >>
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