yamaha p-22

[Barbara Richmond]

Well, Keith, that is VERY interesting.  But what about the string breakage?
Do you think this pianist is really going for the *touch* of the Steinway
grand, or the *sound* of a Steinway grand?  I might worry a bit about
increasing blow distance if he's popping strings.  On the other hand, maybe
if he's getting the touch he wants, he'll back off?  I dunno.  But it would
be interesting to know what happens.

Barbara Richmond



----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith McGavern" <kam544@gbronline.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:37 PM
Subject: Re: yamaha p-22


> At 9:42 PM +0000 2/17/04, richard.ucci@att.net wrote:
> >... The client wants the Yamaha to play like the Steinway.
> >I have tried lead weights on the keys, but that isn't doing it for
> >him. Any thoughts?
>
> Rick,
>
> Actually, there is something you can do. Something I did on a Baldwin
> Hamilton just last year.
>
> A player who is a senior piano performance major wondered if I could
> make his Mom's piano at home have a more heavy touch like the 9'
> Steinway D at the university that he dearly loves. Of course,
> initially, I felt it was a fairly absurd request in my mind, but
> after some consideration on location, here's what came to me to do,
> and what I did to satisfy the situation.
>
> Removed the stop felts on the hammer rest rail, thereby increasing
> the hammer blow distance to at least 2 1/4". Then I adjusted the
> capstans so the jacks would return once again under the hammer butts.
>
> Because of the two simple acts, he is one very happy camper!
>
> There are other adjustments that are affected should you do the above
> changes. You need to check and readjust if absolutely necessary the
> damper spoon lift, let-off and/or key travel/dip.
>
> Disclaimer: Doing the above out-of-specification adjustments may
> cause premature wear on the parts of the piano.
>
> Good luck,
>
> Keith
>
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