Disklavier

Ask your dealer's technician to come out and adjust the ppp setting in the 
Maintenance mode.  This is the softest setting the piano action will play.  
At no time can the DKV play more softly than someone sitting at the keyboard 
can play it.  It is not a stereo system.  If this is not possible, email me 
privately and I will send you the instructions.

However, a DC1A has a built-in stereo system.  Turn on the Silent Mode and 
make sure the MIDI setting is Kybrd=out.  The volume is now infinitely 
adjustable but the piano part is through the tone generator and not the 
piano strings playing.

On the same knob as the volume, push it until the bottom light Balance 
lights up.  Make sure the tone generator balance is set to 100. Adjust this 
number up or down by pushing the Yes/No buttons. There is also a volume 
control knob on the amplifier located under the soundboard.

Dampp chasers are fine - especially 2 low wattage rods.  I would not use a 
humidifier installed under the soundboard or a 50 watt single rod.  YOu 
don't want to cook the electronic boards!

Ultimately, you can edit the data on the music files.  YOur piano keys play 
whatever is on Channel 1 and 2.  Use the veloset file (free in the file 
vault on this website) or better yet, use gnmidi utility to do this.  It's 
the best $35 program out there and a demo version is also available from 
this website!

Also, carpeting under the piano is very helpful, and so are those foam 
baffles.  The type of pour used in sound-absorbing foam is a soft, egg-crate 
type.  It's not hard to make your own.


Carol Beigel
crbrpt@...





>From: cuteyngjoc@...
>Reply-To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [disklavier] DC1A
>Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 12:10:06 EST
>
>Hey All,
>        I'm glad to have heard about this group, and only being a member 
>since
>yesterday, I hope that I can benefit from the wealth of knowledge of this
>group. My first question is this;
>1) How can I turn down the acoustic piano's volume. This would be setting 
>the
>piano to play below the factories lowest volume setting. It is way too 
>loud.
>I can play the piano very softly.
>2) Is there a way to get my hands on the maintenance manuals so that I may
>calibrate the piano to my specifications?
>3) When using the Smart Piano floppy with a commercial CD I have to turn 
>the
>volume way up on the CD to drowned out the Acoustic piano so that there is 
>an
>even balance between the two. I'm sure if I can solve quest. #1 then this
>would also be adjusted.
>4) Anyone out there have a Dampp-Chaser installed on their DC1A or DC2A? I
>just had one installed on mine. This tech used the typical grand setup
>although I've head of tech's using two smaller models. Any feedback here
>would be appreciated. I hope the installation method on mine was correct.
>
>Thank you for everyone's time in reading this lengthy email, and I hope
>everyone is having a wonderful week.
>John


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