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Hello everyone, I wanted to share with you an app I developed: it's called Piano Voicing, and it was born as a timbre diagnostic system (to understand how much an instrument deviates from a...
Good evening, while doing some repetition exercises on my upright piano, I noticed that the action is a bit "weak" I rule out the problem of the center pins since they were changed a few mon...
Hi, some information, in your opinion, is it "normal" if in a grand piano's repetition mechanism some hammers are higher than others in the resting position, that is, without pressing the ke...
Hi everyone, I have a Yamaha U3 and a string in the treble section has snapped, it's the D6, I've watched several tutorials and since I am quite handy (I've already done some maintenance on...
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Good morning, I find myself having to adjust some dampers because they were not gripping the strings properly... For the moment, by acting on the upper part of the pins, I have managed to ma...
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Good morning everyone, I have a technical problem that I hope someone can help me solve. I should preface this by saying that I have never performed maintenance on my home piano (a Furstenbe...
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Good morning, I am changing the center pins on some slightly stiff forcole. (So far I have done a couple and the friction has dropped to 5gr) Since the pins are all 1.37mm, what should be th...
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Hi, I wanted to ask for two pieces of information: in your opinion, is it normal that in some pianos (see Yamaha C5 grand), the left pedal has about 5 mm of play, and once this "jump" is pas...
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Hi, I understand that beats are the difference between two sounds having different frequencies, which propagate simultaneously in the same body that produces them. Therefore, I wonder what h...
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Good morning, what could be the causes, and therefore what checks / adjustments can be made to reduce the sound decay time upon releasing a key? Here I am releasing a simple video where I co...
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pianoexpert
Good evening, I own a Kawai CX5 which, after being purchased about 25 years ago, played for a few years and then remained unused for about 20 years. A few years ago it started playing again...
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Hi, I went to a piano shop to look for a grand piano for myself. I pointed out that, in my opinion, a certain new grand piano was excessively heavy, to which he replied, "don't worry, in thr...
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Good morning everyone. When evaluating a 2010 Yamaha C3 for sale, I noticed that the main serial number stamped on the frame (about 6290000) is slightly different from the serial number stam...
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Good morning, in the video tutorials by Maestro Paolo Ferrarelli regarding the checks and adjustment of a grand piano before a concert, he suggests using a spray lubricant under the key pins...
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Good morning everyone, i wanted to get your opinion regarding the work I have done over these past few weeks, where I undertook the restoration of an early 80s Krauss (Sauter) 118cm upright...
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foster12
Hello everyone, I replaced all the hammer felt rolls and I was wondering if they should be lubricated or not. Many thanks.
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Good morning, while practicing p and pp I noticed that with the right pedal depressed, the hammer hits the strings with only the momentum of the key before the escapement trips... In fact, s...
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Good evening, I would like to improve the adjustment of the screws located under the dampers that allow them to rise when the pedal-connected bar pushes the damper rods. Since some strings s...
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Good evening. I purchased a used Schimmel 174 t in excellent condition. Piano from 1991. Last tuning was in 2020. The keyboard is a bit hard and perhaps something should be done to regulate...
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francescochopin90
Good evening. I purchased a used Schimmel 174 t in excellent condition. Piano from 1991. Last tuning was in 2020. The keyboard is a bit hard and perhaps something should be done to regulate...
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Hello everyone, thanks to this forum, my pianos are finally playing again. I own a Kawai upright and a Pleyel baby grand (manufactured in 1981 by Schimmel). Dear Paolo, a wonderful person an...
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Good evening everyone! I had written as a follow-up to an existing post, but perhaps it is more appropriate to create a new one... I should mention that I have a family Yamaha G3, a '72 all-...
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Good evening everyone, I should preface that I have been a piano student for 3 years and I own a Yamaha U1 which I practice on daily. I love the sound of my piano and I also like the keyboar...
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Hello, wandering the web I found this video: Do you consider the procedure valid? Anything superfluous or is everything perfectly orthodox?
Good morning, I have a Petrof upright piano. On the 30th key, which is the first from the left to have strings inclined upwards to the right, I noticed that the bridge touches the underlying...
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