<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: Yamaha U1 regulation problem</title></head><body> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">... Could this uneven or incorrect hammer return spring tension be a factor?  I notice it most playing pp, with una corda, especially on sharps played close to the fallboard.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">--Cy Shuster--</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font size="-1">Rochester, MN</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Cy,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Basically, anything uneven across the keyboard is going to be a factor to some degree.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Fixing what is obviously incorrect is a must to start on the road to having a chance to achieve a touch response that behaves as you'd like, and a touch that hopefully the piano has a chance of delivering.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Your economic budget, the technician's expertise, the particular instrument and time are the ingredients to find out if such a thing can be accomplished.</div> <div><br></div> <div>It's for certain improvements can be made to some extent with the information you have provided.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Keith McGavern<br> Registered Piano Technician<br> Oklahoma Chapter 731<br> Piano Technicians Guild</div> <div>USA</div> </body> </html>