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Hi, lately it seems like my piano has a "muffled" voice, as if suffocated... but from what. It seems to me that it has lost brilliance ... what could it depend on...? ... ideas .... ?
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Good morning everyone. I would like to ask for advice regarding the replacement of the cashmere gaskets on the center pin of my Yamaha U3 (from 1985). I mean the gaskets flanking the K6 pin...
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foster12
It's not exactly a tuning request, but when I see beautiful, shiny black pianos here, I always wonder how they manage. And I am talking about friends... I have never dared to ask but I am wo...
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pianoexpert
I wanted to try a small experiment; I recently got a Furstein night & day with factory silent technology, and I try to use headphones as little as possible because, obviously, they don't ful...
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foster12
Ibach piano built between 1925 and 1930, length 165. Despite its age, the piano has been used very little; however, the hammers were too marked and therefore have been shaved. Obviously, the...
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pianoexpert
Some strings that look a bit brighter have caught my attention because they always seem to go slightly flat during tuning. Looking closely, I noticed that the corresponding tuning pins they...
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Sergio
Of course the piano must "always be in tune"; often, however, we worry little about the placement of the instrument, i.e., the resonances caused by the environment. Sometimes we are forced i...
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Sergio
How can one increase the dynamics of a pf?: In other words, what are the elements that determine it?
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Sergio
Hi sergio, I remember that a few months ago, you presented the problem that your Weber grand piano had low sound efficiency in the mid-high range. Did you solve it? tell us!!
This is my piano. I haven't tuned it for a couple of years; now I have decided to tune it, but I noticed that all the hammers (except for the bass ones) are all marked by quite deep grooves....
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sisifo1987
I have read, listened to, and studied a lot about the techniques of setting up an action. "Official" manuals and great experts have revealed much to me regarding the sophisticated secrets of...
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Forgive me for a question that is surely trivial to you. I am not a pianist, but a decent keyboardist; I love this instrument so much and I was given one that is a bit old. The brand is STEI...
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lorbell
Good morning, I am new to the forum, my name is Lorenzo and I have a problem that has been troubling me for a long time. I have a W. Krauser upright piano (about 15 years old) whose keys ten...
Hello, if possible I would like to ask a question: what are the major problems caused by poor regulation of the screw that determines the hammer repetition, both in the case of excessive rep...
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Hello I would like to change some of the return springs for the dampers (renners), I saw that there is a string to keep said spring in place, how do you proceed and above all where can I pur...
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pianoexpert
Good day. I wanted to share a doubt with you regarding the intervention recently carried out on my piano in order to try to understand what the truth is before potentially acting in some con...
Hi everyone!! As you well know, I am the recent happy owner of a 1.6m Sculze Pollmann from 1974 which features Renner mechanics. After watching all of Maestro Ferrarelli's videos, I started...
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pianoexpert
I am asking for advice on the correct procedure to replace the keyboard felts of a grand piano, both the central ones that act as a pivot and those located at the beginning of the key: How t...
Dear Pianoexpert, good morning! I recently purchased my first piano (A Burger & Jacobi 110EU) and I am starting to have some doubts. If you are wondering why I made this choice... it goes wi...
Hello In your opinion, what is the right thickness to put under the center pin to balance the keyboard; is it better to decrease it to the bare minimum or increase it? What does it affect, i...
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Hello Wanting to bring the key dip to 10mm, I am currently at 11+, should the thickness be placed only at the key start pivot or also at the center one? Should the same thickness be applied...
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pianoexpert
Good evening everyone, I realized I made a mistake š I am reposting my question here: while observing the action of a Kawai grand piano, I noticed the absence of the damper "spoon"; to adju...
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Hello everyone, I am only now joining the forum after seeing the video on upright piano regulation. Beautiful, compliments! I found myself in this video because I have had many problems due...
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Thesimon
Dearest pianoexpert, yesterday one of your colleagues came to fix my piano in question; I must say, he was very conscientious in the tuning, done "by ear," and in trying to remedy the famous...
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pianoexpert
