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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Hi Julia,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I find that on an upright, there is almost no
discernible difference in volume.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Physically, there should be, as the hammer blow,
is lessened, but in reality, no. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Regards,</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>John M. Ross<BR>Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada<BR><A
href="mailto:jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca">jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:13 PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> soft pedal on new Kawaii</DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Greetings,
<BR><BR>
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.<BR><BR>
So...I adjusted the soft pedal screw, down at the pedal until my
<I><U>ear</I></U> 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....<BR><BR>
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.
<BR><BR> (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.) <BR><BR>rookie,<BR>Julia
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