If the kit only had 81 solenoids then something went wrong when the kit was packed. PDS kits ALWAYS come with 88 solenoids. Call Nina at tech support and have her send you the missing ones. I have installed 50+ of these systems. There are 2 in the shop now and another on the way. In some instances we have left off a few solenoids on the ends because of either a structural difficulty in the piano's designed, or if it is an exceptionally expensive nice piano with decorative legs which we didn't want to cut up for the rail cover. Other than that we always install all 88. The driver boards each have 30 pin sets for 30 solenoids each. The first board on the bass end is always number one, with two orphan pin sets on the top. If you end up leaving any off in the bass section be sure that you count how many keys you are leaving off to leave the appropriate number of pins vacant, and remember that the number letf off at the top should have two more added to make up for the two extra pin sets. Rob Goodale, RPT Las Vegas, NV Rob Kiddell wrote: > Greetings, > > I am installing a PianoDisc PDS128 Plus into a Kawai G2 piano. > There are 81 solenoids rather than 88. Do I align the 1st solenoid to > the A0 key, or do I leave the first 3 keys alone and start on C0? > > I have installed several Baldwin Concertmaster systems (QRS > Pianomation solenoid engine) and they are an 80 note system. The > extreme 4 notes in the treble and bass are excluded in the install. > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Regards. > > Rob Kiddell RPT > Atonal Piano Service > http://www.telusplanet.net/public/atonal/
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