yamaha p-22

[Richard Brekne]

Barbara Richmond wrote:
> I love it!!
> 
> If you can figure out how to make a Yamaha P-22 play like a Steinway B, you
> will be a *very* popular guy!  :-)
> 
> Maybe you could do something with the voicing.
> 
> Barbara Richmond, RPT
> 
> 
Me too... absolutely astounding.

I would tell your customer that there is absolutely no way to get an 
upright to even come close to playing like a Steinway grand, and that as 
a teacher, he/she should know this already. The feel of a piano is a sum 
of a whole bunch of things that, if can be summed up conceptually in one 
  sentence at all, consists of all that goes in to creating the 
resulting sound the instrument yields for the "feel" of any given finger 
input.

You can create the same DW / UW  perhaps... voice the piano similarilly, 
create the same overall friction levels, insure identical damper 
timing... whatever... but you are left with an upright action vs a grand 
action, and the Steinway B sound compared to Yamaha P22 sound.

Tell your client he needs to either practice on a similar grand... or 
understand that pianos vary and his technique needs to be able to 
adjust... roll with the punches even.

Grin.... sometimes ya gots to wonder :)

Cheers
RicB


> 
>>Hi Folks,
>>
>>I've got a client who has a new Yamaha p-22. He is studying with a
> 
> clasical teacher who uses a Steinway "B". 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 Ucci/Ucci Piano
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