Grand Mute Rail

[Thomas Cole]

The mute rail you saw on the Yamaha was an option on Japanese-market 
grands. I've never seen one on American Yamahas.

A couple of years back I pulled one of those mechanisms out of a Yamaha 
because it no longer worked (I think it had a stripped gear). It was a 
rather clever rig which could only work on a few models and I couldn't 
see it being easily adapted to a different make piano. If this is for a 
Yamaha, maybe someone knows of a parts supplier in Japan who has this in 
their catalog.

Another approach is to muffle the piano with acoustic foam underneath 
the soundboard (talk to Judi at Edwards Covers). Topside, you can take 
out the music desk and put it on top of the closed lid. If more muffling 
is needed, a padded cover can help. Then you would need to put a mic 
inside for full volume.

Tom Cole


Geoffrey Arnold wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I came across a Yamaha grand in a retirement home with a mute rail 
> installed. I haven't seen much of this but the set-up seemed simple 
> enough.
> It had a cable pull cord mounted under the keybed on the bass side 
> which when pulled engaged the mute-rail over the hammers and when 
> pushed disengaged the mute rail.
>
> Since then I have had a church consult with me on how to get the piano 
> extremely quiet during service when the pastor is speaking and no 
> other music is played, but then allow the accompanist to play full 
> volume when more instruments join. The una corda did not provide 
> enough volume control and I told them about the possibility of 
> installing a mute rail, though I have never done so before.
>
> I know Pianotech sells a universal mute rail to be installed on 
> verticals. Can this be adapted for grand installation? Is there a 
> parts-supplier with a grand mute-rail assembly? Has anyone installed 
> these?
>
> Any advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
>
> Greg Arnold
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