To explain a bit further:
The left pedal is known as the soft pedal or una cord pedal. On a grand piano, depressing the pedal actually shifts the keys and hammers to the right so that few strings are struck per note.
On an upright, the soft pedal is not a true una corda pedal although the intended result of using the pedal is basically the same: to reduce the volume of sound during playing. This is achieved by moving the hammers closer to the strings.
In order to give customers a wide range of volume on playback, the Disklavier engineers engage the soft pedal at the low end of the volume knob setting in order to help reduce the playback volume even more.
Regards,
PianoBench
www.georgelitterst.com
www.timewarptech.com
On Aug 26, 2007, at 11:22 PM, rondisklavier wrote:
Thanks!!! It works...I was afraid that my disklavier is broken...
I will not be able to get the manual book until Monday. They cannot
find the manual on Friday.
--- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Slomka Jr .>
wrote:
>
> You must turn up the volume all the way before shutting off the
control unit.
>
> rondisklavier ...> wrote: Hi All,
>
> Since I am a new disklavier owner (MX100 II), I do not know
whether
> mine is broken or not. After I listened to a disk and turn the
player
> off, the left pedal does not go back to the normal position.
Because
> of this, I cannot use the piano as a regular piano. Do I need to
do
> something to make the left pedal back to the normal position.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help...
>
> RS
>