"Imago"

[Isaac sur Noos]

Hello

I see sometime those springs mounted as a retrofit, they are supposed
to help the repetition. I've find they hinder the touch as you are
tempted to play stronger because of them (should please any boogie
player). May be the designer likes the rebound sensation they provide,
they are referred to "grand touch " as all other stuff like this.

Also, they are not very easy to even, but stay reasonably where they
are once regulated (by bending, in my case, while other methods like
massaging should certainly apply).

get a little noisy in time also -

BTW the springs you talk off are probably an original Sauter patent,
the retrofit ones I talk are pinned on the jack and a piece of felt is
glued on the jacks stop rail to stop them, (don't remember if there is
a real difference, but the Sauter ones are cleaner in time for what I
recall. Seem to me that Seiler too have used this process on some
highest verticals as well as Pleyel in the 50'.
Yes they are sometime advertised as "grand letoff feel".

Best.

Isaac OLEG



> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : caut-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces@ptg.org]De
> la part de Jon
> Page
> Envoye : lundi 19 janvier 2004 07:20
> A : caut-ptg.org
> Objet : "Imago"
>
>
> A have a 13 y/o Sauter 45" vertical  for sale. The Resonnance model.
> Laminated bridge caps for one thing. The jacks have a second spring
> on the long arm to keep them firmly on the butt; RR Technology -
> what's that stand for?...Double Repetition?   The touch was
> heavy but
> easing the damper springs brought it down to spec (there's
> a regulating
> spec decal on the hammer rail).
>
> One thing that bothered me was the height of the keys, 30
> 3/4" from the floor.
> It was a little uncomfortable to play. I removed the
> casters and installed some
> large nail-on glides. This dropped the height a little
> better than an inch
> and it is now at a comfortable playing height.  I had to
> adjust the pedal travel
> because of this but you'd never know to look at it or play
> it that it was on casters.
>
> I spent a good deal of time hunting for a squeek on the
> pedals, it turned out
> to be the bottom edges of the knee-board rubbing against
> the top-inside-corner
> of the toe blocks.(ya gotta luv polyester) A little sanding
> on the knee board and all is quiet.
>
> The bass is solid and clear, a real nice piano.
>
> Jon Page
>
>
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