Zimmerman
Dear Pianoexpert, recently I tuned a Zimmerman upright piano. Even though it is an old piano (but with open action), I was pleasantly struck by the beautiful sound. can you give me some more...
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Guide to the construction technology of grand and upright pianos
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Straight-String Piano
Hello to the whole forum and Happy Holidays!! I would kindly like to know why straight-string upright pianos are always discouraged! What problem is encountered during tuning? Does the same...
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lorbell
Types Of Glue To Use
Dear Pianoexpert, could you please help me? I am looking for glues that are easily available on the market, such as those most suitable for gluing wood to skins, cashmere, felt, or wood to w...
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pianoexpert
Grand Piano Music Stand With Or Without Return Clip?
Dear PIANOEXPERT, why do some "renowned" manufacturers not adopt the trestles without a return spring to the forcola, while others instead adopt a traditional trestle, without the clip? THAN...
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pianoexpert
The Difference of the Action in the Steinway Vertical PH
Dearest Pianoexpert, reading the very interesting manual by Max Matthias, a Steinway technician, I read regarding upright pianos that adopt a hammer-lifting rod for the "PIANO" mechanism ins...
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pianoexpert
..Regarding the Pleyel Action..
Dear PAOLO, I am attaching this PLEYEL mechanics file; what more can you tell me? THANK YOU
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Same For Pf A Grand Pleyel
..From the series..the variants..this attachment is the action of the PLEYEL grand piano..can you tell me the pros and cons? THANK YOU Greetings saverio 😆
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..Regarding the Frame Pins...
Dear Pianoexpert...I am coming back to....is there any difference, other than the construction, between the way unison strings are passed around the frame pins used by Steinway...and the met...
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..the Pedal Drive Mechanism...
Dear Pianoexpert, here I am again... if you have a bit of time, could you kindly do a video lesson on the pedal actuation mechanics for both grand pianos and uprights... it is a chapter that...
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Star Piano
Hi Paolo, I would like to ask you for some information about STAR brand pianos. Can you help me? THANK YOU VERY MUCH Pianotuning
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pianoexpert
..the Music Stand Hinge..
Good morning, friend Pianoexpert, I am disturbing you because I read somewhere... the music stand features a hinge mounted horizontally attached to a repetition spring... what is meant by hi...
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Wear of Mechanical Components
Dear experts, I was wondering if (obviously) and how there is wear on the various components and levers and how to check it. I am talking specifically about the parts. For example, there are...
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...the Hammer Lever..
Dear Paolo, studying the infamous three levers for transmitting force... I noticed that the calculations for the mechanical advantage of the hammer lever don't add up to me; in the sense tha...
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..Regarding the Hammer Heads...
Dear PIANOEXPERT why is the tail of the hammer heads on a vertical piano full, while on a grand piano it is tapered.....is it just a matter of voicing..or is there something else???????? THA...
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lorbell
...some Types of Music Stands..
Dear Pianoexpert.. I have noticed online.... some jacks that have a metal piece on the lower end of the repetition lever which effectively limits its vertical travel.... but what exactly is...
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The Damping Blade Drive Bar ...
Of the "series"....it's always me...who....r.....pe..I can't do anything about it unfortunately...this time I stumbled upon the bar activated by the right pedal "of resonance"...and I ask ou...
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..the Soundboard..
Dearest Paolo, please, can you tell me what those buttons visible on the soundboard are for??? THANK YOU and BEST REGARDS saverio
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...Regarding the Upward Weight...
Dear Pianoexpert, the upward weight felt under the finger when it is released is due to the expansion of the repetition spring which presses on the lever, and on the rest itself, exerting a...
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The Squared Tail...
Dear Paolo (PIANOEXPERT) why do some grand pianos have a square tail instead of a rounded one?.. are the legs of the grand piano screwed into the soundboard at a certain angle of inclination...
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...the Buttons of the Soundboard...
I will never thank him enough for his enormous patience and the attention he reserves for us neophytes, in love with this 'extraordinary' SONIC MACHINE. Let's get to the point, what are thos...
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..the Mortise Fittings..
Dear Pianoexpert, I have noted online that only Bösendorfer implements leather padding on the key bushings, which in my opinion are eternal... against inevitable wear from contact with the r...
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pianoexpert
Mechanical Condition of Kaway Bl 31
Four days ago, the long-awaited acoustic upright piano finally arrived at my home, a Kaway BL 31 from 1978; the sound is beautiful, powerful, and clear. However, I noticed that in some keys...
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..a Special Kind of String Regulation...
Dear Pianoexpert, I saw online a type of string regulation that is truly special; at least for me, I was able to observe that the soundboard of this grand piano had the string terminations i...
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Kawai Action (mechanics)
Dear Pianoexpert, I am asking you, how is it possible to glue wood with the composite material that Kawai uses for its pianos? To explain myself better, looking at a mechanism from this bran...
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..the Hammer Heads of the Pf..
Dear Pianoexpert, I have noticed that the hammer heads of the upright piano have a rather pronounced inclination compared to those of the grand piano, even though the underlying problem is d...
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Thesimon