yamaha p-22

[richard.ucci@att.net]

Ric, good advice . I think we're trying to do the impossible, but that's what we are asked to do sometimes as technicians sometimes.

Thanks,

Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano
> 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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