Disklavier

Hi all

Thank you very much for the information you guys post.  We've got it to 
work and we are enjoying the disklavier immensely.  I was wondering if 
any of you know these two questions.

On disklavier MX80, if I turn the volumn down below setting "2", the  
piano keys are not leveled.  It still plays but some keys are higher or 
lower than others.  Anything above setting "2" makes it leveled.  If I 
play the system like that is it causing some damage?  Setting 2 is kind 
of loud in our house.

Another question is what is the life expectancy of the piano using 
disklavier to play versus using fingers to play? or are they about the 
same?    

Any infomation is helpful and appreciated...  

Jason

This is normal - it is because (on upright models at least) the disklavier 
control unit moves the soft pedal when you alter the volume. This pushes 
the hammers closer to the strings and alters the action a bit. You should 
find that depressing the soft pedal manually has a similar effect. You 
won't be doing any damage playing the piano this way :)

The life expectency of the piano won't be shortened by the disklavier - 
you should get 50-100 years out of the piano in good conditions, assuming 
you have it regularly serviced and tuned, possibly more. Of course, nobody 
can say the electronics will last that long - but at least the piano will 
still play!

Regards

James

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, jason_jkim wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Thank you very much for the information you guys post.  We've got it to
> work and we are enjoying the disklavier immensely.  I was wondering if
> any of you know these two questions.
>
> On disklavier MX80, if I turn the volumn down below setting "2", the
> piano keys are not leveled.  It still plays but some keys are higher or
> lower than others.  Anything above setting "2" makes it leveled.  If I
> play the system like that is it causing some damage?  Setting 2 is kind
> of loud in our house.
>
> Another question is what is the life expectancy of the piano using
> disklavier to play versus using fingers to play? or are they about the
> same?
>
> Any infomation is helpful and appreciated...
>
> Jason
>
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Jason,
I also have an MX80.  I've noticed something similar.  It appears to me that
the keys are being dropped down when the volume is set to a lower range (I
think it's "-2" on mine).  So, it's pre-moving all the hammers part way to the
strings, making each note sound softer

In fact, I've taken to turning on the unit and lowering the volume when I
practice, so I can play at "full" volume without producing as loud of a sound. 
It works much better than the practice pedal, which just muffles the sound.  It
also works better than the soft pedal, and in conjunction with the soft pedal,
so I don't think the two are related.

TTFN,
Grem

--- jason_jkim <jason_jkim@...> wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> Thank you very much for the information you guys post.  We've got it to 
> work and we are enjoying the disklavier immensely.  I was wondering if 
> any of you know these two questions.
> 
> On disklavier MX80, if I turn the volumn down below setting "2", the  
> piano keys are not leveled.  It still plays but some keys are higher or 
> lower than others.  Anything above setting "2" makes it leveled.  If I 
> play the system like that is it causing some damage?  Setting 2 is kind 
> of loud in our house.
> 
> Another question is what is the life expectancy of the piano using 
> disklavier to play versus using fingers to play? or are they about the 
> same?    
> 
> Any infomation is helpful and appreciated...  
> 
> Jason
> 
> 
> 
>

Just so you know, the reason the fronts of the keys go
down sometimes when the volume is set below -2 (on
upright pianos only) is due to the "soft pedal" doing
its thing.  On an upright piano, the "soft" pedal is
supposed to move the hammers half way to the strings -
the theory being that half the blow distance means less
force of the hammer hitting the string.  Sometimes the
bridle tapes are too tight or the hammers travel more
than half the distance and creates a lot of lost motion
indicated by the "dropping" of the keys.  On a DKV, I
kind of like this because I can get less volume without
beating up the piano action.  However, I don't like the
soft pedal solenoid being "on" for so long.

Carol Beigel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Grembowski" <grembowski@...>
To: <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 7:46 PM
Subject: Re: [disklavier] why?


> Jason,
> I also have an MX80.  I've noticed something similar.
It appears to me that
> the keys are being dropped down when the volume is
set to a lower range (I
> think it's "-2" on mine).  So, it's pre-moving all
the hammers part way to the
> strings, making each note sound softer
>
> In fact, I've taken to turning on the unit and
lowering the volume when I
> practice, so I can play at "full" volume without
producing as loud of a sound.
> It works much better than the practice pedal, which
just muffles the sound.  It
> also works better than the soft pedal, and in
conjunction with the soft pedal,
> so I don't think the two are related.
>
> TTFN,
> Grem
>
> --- jason_jkim <jason_jkim@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi all
> >
> > Thank you very much for the information you guys
post.  We've got it to
> > work and we are enjoying the disklavier immensely.
I was wondering if
> > any of you know these two questions.
> >
> > On disklavier MX80, if I turn the volumn down below
setting "2", the
> > piano keys are not leveled.  It still plays but
some keys are higher or
> > lower than others.  Anything above setting "2"
makes it leveled.  If I
> > play the system like that is it causing some
damage?  Setting 2 is kind
> > of loud in our house.
> >
> > Another question is what is the life expectancy of
the piano using
> > disklavier to play versus using fingers to play? or
are they about the
> > same?
> >
> > Any infomation is helpful and appreciated...
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
> To Post a message to the group, send it to:
disklavier@...
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> To Post a private message to Todd Muncy, the group's
founder and moderator, send it to:
> disklavier-owner@...
>
> To reach our group's web site go to:
> http://Yahoogroups.com/group/disklavier
>
> Todd's family web site was completely updated
012/22/03.  It contains some fun disklavier content and
links to midi sites among many other things, The url
is:
> http://MuncyFamily.com
>
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