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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>HI Dave,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>I share your discontent. Mostly
from the perspective of people and their passionless things. It is
tragic.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>Re: the QRS system, one thing I've
found to improve pedal performance dramatically is to take a coil spring and cut
it to an appropriate length to fit under the damper pedal trapwork, just in
front of (or behind, if there isn't room) the pitman. This does
wonders to restore the usefulness/normalcy of the damper pedal
function.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Bookman Old Style" size=2>William R. Monroe</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Today I was called out to check
out why the keys weren't working on a Shigeru Kawai SK2 with a QRS disc system
with all the bells and whistles. I'm not a big fan of these syustems,
because I feel that they interfere with the way the pianos operate in many
cases, particularly if they aren't properly installed--specifically, the
operation of the pedals.<BR><BR>Anyway, this QRS system has a "quiet piano"
feature which has a rail poised just above the hammer shanks that is raised
and lowered by a cable that's attached to a pully system operated by a lever
on the right cheek block. I'm sure some of you are familiar with
it. <BR><BR>This was the first time I'd seen one. I thought it was
pretty Mickey Mouse. The cable had come slightly loose in the
turbuckle and was not able to raise the rail above the shanks high enough so
that the hammers could hit the strings. <BR><BR>I was able to get the
show on the road again, but not without asking myself (not the owner, who
spent the whole time I was there talking on the phone with gardeners,
electricians, and contractors about the things that were wrong with her
gazillion dollar home) why anyone would put this thing on such a nice
piano. It was evident that this was just another thing amongst a vast
army of expensive things, none of which was really an object of the owner's
artistic passion.<BR><BR>I guess if someone has the money to buy something,
they deserve to have it. It's just unfortunate that many people who
spend their lives devoted to music will never be able to afford such an
exquisite piano.<BR><BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV id=sig4502 style="CLEAR: both"><FONT size=+0>Dave Stahl,
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