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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 =
Farrell</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>