Disklavier

Does the playback music sound any better if you manually operate the sustain pedal?

Carol

On Feb 16, 2012, at 10:38 AM, "robertm" <morrisonpiano@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Carol,
> My Disklavier reproduces my playing fairly well as far as how hard to strike the note. But there is something that doesn't sound right when the note is released--sort of a cutoff staccato effect even when playing legato. Since the hammers have no contact with the string after striking, I would guess it has something to do with how quickly the solenoid releases at the moment of striking. When I got the Disklavier, I was so happy with being able to get an authentic sense of what the audience experiences when I play, that I overlooked this--but over time I realized that this was interfering with my enjoyment of the reproduced music. 
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> My piano technician is Yamaha certified to work on Disklaviers, and has done several adjustments but was unable to fix the problem. I wrote to Yamaha years ago about this. I found out from either my Yamaha dealer or my tech (can't remember which now) that this was a design issue of early Disklaviers that was later fixed by a different solenoid or solenoid driver circuit, but that my piano was not upgradable. 
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> I admit I might have this wrong, but I think this is what I heard, and since I got the piano primarily as a workhorse instrument, and the Disklavier part was a performance and teaching aid, it didn't worry me too much. But I keep hoping that Yamaha has figured this one out for my piano!
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> Robert Morrison
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> --- In disklavier@yahoogroups.com, CarolRPT <carol@...> wrote:
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> > I am curious about the mention of "solenoid clipping" on the Mark II. Can you please describe this? I would be astounded that anything really irritating cannot be fixed on a Disklavier.
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> > Carol Beigel
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