Yamaha grand action tweaks

[Ajay Mistry]

 --- David Andersen <bigda@gte.net> wrote: > on
9/28/03 2:25 PM, Cy Shuster at
> 741662027@charter.net wrote:
> 
> >> If you ever wanta know, I have 4 little tricks I
> do with a Yamaha grand
> >> action that put it into a different realm, IMHO.
> 
> >We want to know!  Tell, please!
> 
> Ok, then.  Extremely simple, yet challenging to
> master.
> 
> 1) The trick Antares shared with us 6-8 months ago: 
> reset the glides.
> Set them as you would on any other piano, then turn
> them further down, at
> least a half-turn, until the front edge of the
> keyframe is almost slapping.
> Don't ask me why, and don't ask me how, but the
> whole treble end of the
> piano wakes up & sings.
> 
> 2) Weaken the damn repetition springs!  They kick
> like a horse on new
> Yamahas. And I've found that most guys I follow up
> on a) don't weaken them
> enough----verrryyyy slow in the bass;
> gradually---GRADUALLY---increasing in
> strength 'til they're a little speedy, but with no
> discernible kick, in the
> high treble---and b) don't take enough
> time---usually twice thru, 30-40
> minutes---to get the rise really gradual and
> precise.
> 
> 3) Jack position---be aggressive: set it  WELL
> toward the player, ahead of
> the back line of the knuckle core.  Make SURE
> there's no jack cheating
> before you move on.  In fact, I sometimes get even
> more aggressive, and
> GET the jacks to cheat, then back 'em off just a
> little so they're just back
> of the "cheatin' point."
> 
> 4) Jack height----get real, real subtle.  When you
> "wink" the jack, you
> want a SLIGHT movement in the hammer, and an even
> slighter feeling of the
> jack tip rubbing the underside of the knuckle.
> Again, be precise; be
> consistent; you'll feel the reward in the Spielart
> of the piano.
> 
> 5) ***bonus tip: give the dang piano a precise,
> musical, intuitive tuning
> with rock-solid, totally smooth unisons.
> 
> This seems, in my case, to force players to fall in
> love with the Yamahas I
> prepare---and falling in love forces them to write a
> check for the piano---
> which insures my relationship with the store that
> sells them, and burnishes
> my legend as a wizard----if they only knew <g>.....
> 
> Hope this helps......DA
> 
> Hi can you please explain th first piont in detail
what do you mean by front edge of the key frame is
almost slapping .
 Thanks in advance
                                     Ajay Mistry.
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