argh!!

[richard.ucci at att.net]

Ron, great advice.
Thanks,
RU/UP

-------------- Original message from Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>: -------------- 


> 
> > What would you guys do besides what I did to correct the problem? 
> > Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano 
> 
> This usually happens with little kids taking lessons for the 
> first time on the new Yamaha. Widening the let off to whatever 
> makes it impossible for them to get a double strike is the 
> only thing I've found that works. It's a mechanism, and so has 
> operating parameters that they must meet to run it, and I 
> explain that to them in almost those terms. If they refuse to 
> entertain the prospect of learning to run the mechanism, we 
> can either screw up the mechanism to try to accommodate their 
> fantasies, or decline, wish them luck, and offer to tune it 
> for them some day if they ever figure out how to depress a key. 
> 
> I've done both (depending on the resistance and vocabulary), 
> but what I usually do after the lengthy explanations and "yea, 
> but" discussion exchange, is bend the let off brackets down. 
> That widens the let off in each section in seconds, and lets 
> me bring it back up pretty close to where it belongs next year 
> when the kid has learned to push through the let off 
> resistance and bottom the keystroke. Then, it doesn't take 
> long to touch it up and move on. 
> 
> Same with floating hammer shanks in new Yamaha verticals. I 
> slit the hammer rail prop felts, and insert a piece of bushing 
> cloth. The nap grips enough to hold it in there, a tad of lost 
> motion appears, and the repetition problems suddenly and 
> magically go away with maybe two minute's work. Next year, or 
> two, after everything compacts a bit, pull the bushing cloth 
> and touch up capstan regulation - maybe five or six minutes. 
> 
> Cheap tricks for lazy techs. 
> Ron N 
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