>In <v01530502aef7944e95de@[206.163.124.217]>, on 01/06/97 > at 10:07 PM, tunrboy@teleport.com (Eric Leatha) said: > >>Charles, > >>I do hope when you refer to letoff at 6-8mm, you are speaking of letoff >>with the shank stopper apron engaged. Letoff in "acoustic" mode is as >>most Yamahas- 2mm. > >Forgive my ignorance, as this is the first of these pianos that I've seen, >but are you saying that I can have 2 letoff measurements? One for >acoustic mode, and one for silent mode? If this is possible, that would >of course resolve my problem, and I would very much like to know how this >is done. > >>I work on many of these pianos and I must tell you I have not heard this >>complaint from a customer (maybe I should ask!). > >Don't ask! I think for most people this would not be an issue. For some >however, it could be. > > >Charles Farinella, RPT >----------------------------------------------------------- >c_farinella@conknet.com >----------------------------------------------------------- I stuck my head in an MP100 today to check the letoff specifications and sure enough, I was wrong. 5-7 mm in acoustic, 6-8mm with the apron engaged. My apologies for not imparting good information. Yes that does seem like quite a distance, but as Jim Coleman noted, with the schwander-style springs you need more distance. As for the loosening of spring tension I posted last night, I've made this work with a Samick. I haven't had the need with a Yamaha. Eric Leatha, RPT Portland, OR tunrboy@teleport.com "The Buddha, the Godhead, is just as at home in the circuits of a computer or the action of piano as on the top of a mountain or the petals of a Lotus flower." -Robert Persig (freely interpreted by undersigned)
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