my name is Cesare and, loving music and strumming keyboards, I have become passionate about the piano. Now my second upright has arrived while waiting to sell, perhaps, the oldest and most worn-out one.
Yesterday I received an upright from the early '50s by Schulze & Pollmann with Renner action. It still has ivory keys that I need to clean (at least I think so, given the separation line on the shrinkage), two keys are not working, and the action needs regulation. I will start by watching your tutorials to attempt the operation; I kindly ask if you could suggest the right link for the Renner action. Furthermore, strangely, when unscrewing the two small pins it does not come out: is it possible that a screw at the height of the third octave needs to be unscrewed which seems to hold the action in place?
Thank you
p.s. the first grand piano is a 1903 Zimmermann, but its action, especially the dampers, is very worn even though it sounds very sweet and has the keyboard just how I like it, namely very soft. How can I make the Schulze keyboard as soft as possible?
Welcome. Please post questions in the appropriate section. Anyway, the Schulze & Polmann, specifically those from the '50s, are somewhat duets also due to the damper springs being a bit heavy. You cannot change the keyboard weighting. The third screw, if it exists, must be removed to be able to disassemble the action frame. The hardness of the action could also depend on the tightening of the center pins of the wippens, the escapement studs, and the hammer nut forking... as well as those of the damper action. This work is for experts and following tutorials is not enough to perform it.
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Reply 5 by Viola
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Good morning.
Pleasure,
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I am ready for the presentation (it's all or nothing).
I am not a musician.
I love music (music is salvation)
I do not tolerate stupidity.
I detest bad books as much as bad music. They are a moral poison that dulls the mind.
Welcome Viola... you are a musician who listens... that is not a small thing. In fact, I can tell you that during some "score reading" lessons which I attended many... many years ago, the class was composed of different musicians: pianists, singers, wind instrumentalists, etc. Now, examining a Beethoven symphony was very difficult for non-pianists (and difficult even for them!). The teacher, a pianist and conductor, decided to implement "passive reading," that is, through listening. I can guarantee you that I have known non-musicians, refined listeners, who, I think, "know" a symphony... much more than some musicians.... Listening is a great analysis, if one does not just stop passively to enjoy its beauty. Welcome
Welcome, there are two of us who are fasting from solfeggio and harmonics, although that will never take away the pleasure of listening, perhaps more disenchanted and poetic compared to those who can reproduce what they hear....but don't misunderstand me: what healthy envy!
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Thank you both for the delicate welcome greeting, which I greatly appreciated.
As Proust's observation is true, whereby, if the word had not been invented, music would be the only possibility for souls to come into contact.
