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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Did you pluck strings with you =
fingernail ? (or
some kind of plucker)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phil Frankenberg<BR>CSU Chico, =
Ca.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">Farrell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 21, =
2004 3:27
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Quiet Russian =
Piano</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I looked at a piano for one of my =
customers that
someone had donated to his church. I think it is Russian - a Liski, or =
something like that. Looks to be less than 20 years old and is a =
studio.
Everything works OK, except it has no power - you can bang on the =
keys, but
only moderated volume results. I checked the action - blow distance =
and the
like - made sure the bridges were attached, etc. My strong suspicion =
is that
the string scale and soundboard designs are just so far out of whack =
that the
lack of power is simply part of this piano and always will be. Any =
thoughts?
Might I be missing something?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps, to put things into proper =
perspective, I
should mention this piano is in an African-American Missionary Baptist =
Church.
I guarantee you they are looking for some VOLUME! I did offer the =
suggestion
of miking (how do you spell mice-ing?) the piano if they were =
going to be
using that piano. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fun Kinda Related Story:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a similar church I service a Kawai =
6-foot or
so grand. One time they called me because the sustain pedal wasn't =
working.
Sounded pretty typical to me - sure, they likely beat the pedal right =
off the
lyre or something. When I got there I realized that the pedal simply =
had no
travel - in fact, none of the pedals had any travel - they were right =
on the
stage floor. Hmmmmmmm, what could it be. Then I noticed that this =
Kawai was
the model where the two front legs were shorter than the back leg - =
they had
pounded that piano so hard that the two front legs went through the =
stage
floor and the only reason the keybed was not on the floor was that the =
lyre
had yet to be pounded through the floor - the front of the piano was =
only
being supported by the lyre. YIKES!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry
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