But doesn't the stop rail kit effectively prevent the hammers from even striking the strings, much like Quiet mode on Disklaviers? That's great if you are going to be listening to midi or samples on headphones but all I want to do is make this piano quieter. -- G . Geoff Sykes, RPT . 626-799-7545 . www.ivories52.com From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Cy Shuster Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 9:32 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: [pianotech] Grand practice rail I recently installed QRS's stop rail kit. I had no training other than the directions, which are being rewritten. so it took me much longer than expected. It works, though, and the customer is happy. Only very small letoff adjustments were needed. The new Story & Clark pianos come with the record strip and MIDI output pre-installed, so with the stop rail you can connect the output to a PC and listen via headphones. I installed a sound module in the piano instead. Edwards makes acoustic foam; pianofortesupply.com has acoustically insulating caster cups for grands. --Cy-- Cy Shuster, RPT Albuquerque, NM www.shusterpiano.com www.facebook.com/shusterpiano On Sep 23, 2010, at 9:45 PM, Geoff Sykes wrote: Greetings All - I have several times seen this new-fangled grand piano practice rail kit at PTG conventions. Has anyone here ever installed one? Does it work without forcing too much deregulation of the action? For that matter, does it work? I have a customer who only gets to play late at night and her neighbors are complaining. Perhaps some heavy foam underneath? I'm open to recommendations. -- Geoff No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.856 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3154 - Release Date: 09/22/10 23:34:00 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100923/5d634195/attachment.htm>
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