Disklavier

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From: CarolRPT 
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 11:52 AM
To: disklavier@yahoogroups.com 
Subject: Re: [disklavier] Re: solenoid clipping

  

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@...> 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. 

  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. 

  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!

  Robert Morrison

  --- In mailto:disklavier%40yahoogroups.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.
  > 
  > Carol Beigel
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