Silent piano?

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

    The newer silent grand piano design of Yamaha's has a shank stopper
assembly which blocks the hammers from hitting the strings when the
Diskclavier is on and the unit is engaged. The new ones don't have to have a
wider let-off, because there is also a series of let-off bars which contact
a little bump on the center of the jack toe. A really smart and effective
set up if you ask me. They tune just like any other piano, you don't have to
worry about that.
    The only thing about Diskclaviers is that you have to remove the unit to
get to the right cheekblock, which I always do, because there's probably not
one time that I don't want to get into the action to do some voicing or
something.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Ryan" <pryan2@the-beach.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 3:51 PM
Subject: Silent piano?


> List,
>
> What's a silent piano (Yamaha)?  I just got a call to tune one and I let
on
> that I knew all about them.  Is there anything different about them that I
> should know about to tune them?  I'd appreciate any "inside" information.
>
> Phil Ryan
> Miami Beach, FL (no snow here)
> Home of the #1 Hurricanes