Yamaha M450

[David Ilvedson]

She was probably comparing it to the wound strings.   How do they sound?   Consider rounding out their voicing to blend it with F3.

David I.



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From: "pepsi29@sbcglobal.net" <pepsi29@sbcglobal.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Received: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 19:07:20 -0500
Subject: Yamaha M450


>Hello List,
>    Anyone seem to have a slight voicing problem with the Yamaha M450?  
>I have a Chinese customer that told me the F3 (the first steel trichord) 
>sounded  very "hollow".  After voicing the hammer a bit, I was able to 
>take out some of the hollow sound she was talking about.  I also 
>re-regulated it to make sure all parts were working efficiently 
>(let-off, lost motion, damper timing, etc.)  I could hear a definite 
>sound problem because it was at the break due to the low tension of the 
>strings.  I was just wondering if this is an isolated problem or if 
>generally 450's seem to have this common scale issue.

>Thanks,
>Dave Foster
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