On Wed, 15 May 1996, Larry Fisher wrote: > I recently spent some extra time on a Samick/PianoDisc installation because > I wanted to learn about actions and all that is related. I'll set the > stage...... > > The symptom is bobbling hammers on soft playback with the electromechanical > (PDS) but plays great by hand. I picked a few notes that were really > doing it's thing properly. Am I reading this right, that you only have this problem with Samick installations? I have had this problem on others as well, but maybe there was something about the Samicks and I wasn't paying attention. > After trying everthing I could think of, I coved the back of the hammer. > Presto!! I had checking, and what bobble I had was so small that it didn't > hit the string a second time. I then did the rest of the hammers in the > area and had success on each occation. Congratulations on finding a fix for this piano. I'll file this away and check it out on my next one. Even if it's not a Samick-specific problem, the experience could be helpful. The true test will be if the results can be duplicated. > Would anyone care to expound on this?? Samicks are being marketed under > lots of names, and if I don't learn how to cope with their peculiarities, I > guess I'll have to cope with a bit of buyer's remorse from the customer. > I'd prefer to master their actions and understand their (I hate using this > word) inadequacies. Or is it me that's inadequate?? It seems that mechanical playing poses new regulation problems that we will need to get used to in all makes. I have done several Samick installations as well (mostly Kohler and Campbell - one twice). I would like to see the areas of regulation that are most critical to mechanical installations identified and explained in an ordered fashon. Mark Story, RPT mstory@ewu.edu Eastern Washington University Music Department Cheney, Washington, USA http:www.class.ewu.edu/MUSIC/Department/music.html
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