No Power Yamanamas

[Kerry Cooper]

Richard,

A few years ago I saw a workshop by Rick Balissan on voicinf the Renner
Hammer. He was able to bring out the loudness factor and improve the
sensation of volume in this process. Have you tried this.

Kerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: "PTG" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:37 AM
Subject: No Power Yamanamas


> List
>
> Is it my imagination, or is this something experienced by other techs ?
> Yamanamadoos seem very often to be lacking in power..... not the
> instruments themselves... rather it feels like you cant get the hammer
> to slam against the strings... also... no fff possibilities. Its like
> you can get it up to 1 and  3/4 f's.... and then no matter how much
> harder you hit it you get no more. Sort of like if the let off was set
> at 8 mm from the string or something.
>
> I have run into this several times, and havent been able to figure out
> what the deal is. All seems regulated well, plenty of aftertouch, plenty
> of key dip, nice blow distance, close letoff and drop... but still... I
> get the feeling I simply cant drive the thing.
>
> Most often I run into this with the C6 and C7's. I havent ripped one of
> these actions for a Touchweight analysis yet... but was wondering if
> perhaps therein lies the key.... or perhaps I am just imagining the
> whole thing ???
>
> most indoobiediously :)
>
> RicB
>
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