Hi Marcel, It's a very common problem, and often over looked. The bump on the back of the key is annoying to the pianist, but they are at a lost to describe whats bugging them. This item should be on every one's standard check list Roger At 06:43 PM 2/1/01 -0500, you wrote: >This problem is usually caused by the capstan (loud pedal stop) being >misadjusted. There is a capstan below the keybed that is supposed to stop >the pedal. The leather on the lever usually gets crunched after playing a >lot and the capstan does have to be regulated. Otherwise, you will find that >the pianist will use the pedal to push up on the damper lever stop rail and >in a few weeks, the problem will reoccur. >The Yamaha way to regulate the capstan is to fully depress the loud pedal >and visually inspect damper movement by pulling on them or playing sharps >fff. There should be 1 or 2 mm movement. > >Marcel >Marcel Carey, accordeur technicien >(819) 564-0447 >mcpiano@globetrotter.net >----- Message d'origine ----- >De : "Ron Koval" <drwoodwind@hotmail.com> >À : <pianotech@ptg.org> >Envoyé : 2001-février-01 19:44 >Objet : clicking Yamaha C6 > > >> Hi everyone! >> >> Today worked on a C6. I noticed some faint clicking on the downstroke >> mostly in the low register. I wondered if I was going to find some loose >> underlever leads, (I haven't made those cool pliers yet) but it turned out >> that the upstop rail was set just high enough to let some underlevers >'tick' >> against the sostenuto rail with firm test blows. >> >> something to watch for >> >> Ron Koval >> >> Chicagoland >> >> >> >> >> >> . >> _________________________________________________________________ >> Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com >> >> >
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