Disklavier quirk?

[Clark A Sprague]

Dave,  Maybe the silent rail has been turned in the shipment of the
instrument.  At Disclavier School, a guy from Texas did that to me at the
test.  It took me awhile to figure that one out.  Just a guess.  Mark
Wisner, where are you?  Clark Sprague
On Fri, 2 Feb 2001 17:14:33 -0600 Dave Doremus
<algiers_piano@bellsouth.net> writes:
> I just discovered this afternoon, and someone please correct me if 
> I'm wrong, that the new disklavier grands with the silent gear 
> require that the silent mode be ON when the action is replaced or 
> the 
> brackets in the treble for the silent rail will jam against the jack 
> 
> adjusting rail on the side of the stack and the two will not go on. 
> 
> This was a call from a puzzled customer with a brand new piano that 
> 
> would not shut up, as far as I can tell it left the factory that way 
> 
> and got no attention at the dealer (of course). This was the first 
> of 
> the new ones I've seen and boy does it have all the bells and 
> whistles. Anyway, wanted to let you all know about the silent 
> oddity, 
> any one else run into this?
>