soft pedal on new Kawaii

[James Grebe]

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I find the difference in volume is the amount of lost motion introduced =
thereby lessening the momentum.
James Grebe
Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
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Arnold, MO 63010
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  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: John Ross=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 3:22 PM
  Subject: Re: soft pedal on new Kawaii


  Hi Julia,

  I find that on an upright, there is almost no discernible difference =
in volume.

  Physically, there should be, as the hammer blow, is lessened, but in =
reality, no.=20


  Regards,

  John M. Ross
  Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada
  jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: Alpha88x@aol.com=20
    To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
    Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:13 PM
    Subject: soft pedal on new Kawaii


    Greetings,=20

                  Why wouldn't a soft pedal on a brand new Kawaii studio =
upright not make the piano play any softer when depressed?  I checked =
the distance of the hammers and the pedal, caused the hammers, sure =
enough, to get closer to the strings, but the tone of playing did not =
get softer as it should; I mean alomost NO tonal difference.

                   So...I adjusted the soft pedal screw, down at the =
pedal until my ear was satified as to the softness. Adjusting this made =
the hammers distance about 1/2" closer to the strings than it was set =
at. Then, when I looked at the hammer rest rail, it was up off it's =
resting position on the action bracket. In other words, there was about =
1/4" space between the hammer rest rail's bottom and the felt on the =
action brackets. When I measured the resting position distance of the =
hammers to the strings it was 38mm!!  I know this is too close, but now =
the pedal causes the hammers to play softer....

                   The girl needed to practice for a college entrance or =
something, so I lightly glued small pieces of felt in the space in =
between the rail and the action brackets, as a temporary measure,  as to =
allow the pedal to do what it is suppose to do, so she could practice. =
Howevwer, I told them I would investigate the specs and visit as a =
follow up. What could the true problem be here? My guess that it has to =
do with voicing. (38mm and up off the action bracket, doesn't seem right =
and scares me.) Thanks for expertise in advance.=20

                (By the way, this was a call from the piano dealer, for =
their first free tuning and to look art this pedal's problem under =
warranty.)=20

    rookie,
    Julia Gottchall,=20
    Reading, PA 
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