[pianotech] Yamaha Uprights

[Ron Nossaman]

On 12/2/2012 8:36 AM, David Love wrote:

> In response to Ron’s posting, while telling the pianist that they
> simply have to push harder through let-off will solve the problem, as
> a pianist, one should not have to think about pushing through let-off
> in order not to get double hitting.

My experience has been that experienced pianists don't have this 
problem. It's the kids and beginners.


>If the pianist is reacting to a
>  dramatic change in the touch resistance through the stroke enough to
>  prevent or stop them from pushing through let off, then there is
> something wrong with the regulation.

No, there isn't. In the Yamahas I spoke of, contact of the jack tail to 
the letoff button can, unless it's changed in the last five or so years, 
be clearly felt as an increased resistance. This is after the damper has 
lifted, and in a piano in good regulation.

Ron N