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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hello everybody, I'm very glad I =
received yor
helpful answers. I read all of them carefully, and last evening I did =
some
checkings in order to share them with you. I want to give you more =
antecedents
and what I found out :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>- Damper</FONT><FONT color=#000000 =
size=2> and
hammer lift at the same time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>- I don't have gram weights at home, but my wife has =
a digital
kitchen scale. So I can know in a very accurately way the weight o =
different
objects. I checked the 'typical' weight to push down a key (50 g), using =
a 56g
object (with the sustain pedal depressed) and only a few keys traveled =
down a
little (1/3 cm), the others didn't travel at all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>- Before the C1 I had a C108 (Yamaha =
upright).
The action wasn't 'light', but now I don't remember it was so 'heavy' as =
the C1.
I played in the past other Yamaha grands (C7, CFIIIS, GH1) and I don't =
remember
they had 'heavy' touch. At my piano school we had a Bösendorfer, =
and it was
OK for me. Now I have a Yamaha digital piano P200, at home, in which I =
study
late at night, it has a very light touch. Maybe it's confusing
me...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>- I find the =
keyboard action
is 'heavy' especially in fast passages, I'm now studing Chopin's waltzes =
# 1 and
# 6 (Minute). In other slow pieces the effect is not =
recognizable.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>- Keys fall down under their own weight, so I don't =
think that
action centers are too tight.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>And I have more questions, too =
:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>- Since my piano is only 4 months =
old, why
should I ask a technician for :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> - Revise =
tightness in key
bushings and balance rail hole ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> - Cleaning and =
polishing
keypins and capstans ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> - Checking =
centers for
excessive friction? Lubricate knuckles ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>- Shoul I =
expect that a new
piano (and not the cheapest one) must have all these things working all =
right
?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>- It is reasonable to expect that =
keyboard
action in a grand piano must be 'ligther' than an upright piano ? (at =
similar
quality, I mean).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>- Would be a good deal to adjust the =
repetition
spring tension ? And if I loose repetition speed ?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>- What does mean 'after touch' =
?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>- Are there =
notorius
differences between actions of different grand pianos ? Should I expect =
a
Steinway is 'ligther' than a Yamaha ? My arms and hands are not strong, =
and I
really feel comfortable with soft mechanisms. Is this a sin =
?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>And a special mention to Robert S. =
Kuhn, thanks
for your advice, I will follow it. Surely I will really appreciate your =
offer.
Don't forget to tell me when it happens !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Best regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Fernando</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>