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From: anderson@uwvax.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.music.classical
Subject: Upright pianos
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Date: Wed, 30-May-84 01:02:52 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 30 01:02:52 1984
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In connection with Emily Brooks' article:  actually I think all
uprights have removable top and front panels.  It's kind of fun
to take them off and watch the action.  On my Yamaha U1, the sound
is overwhelmingly loud and harsh if you do this.  In fact, to
obtain the sound I want, I have a heavy quilt draped behind the
piano (most of the sound comes out there), and I have the top
opened slightly (Yamaha has a little brace that lets you open
the top about an inch).  The resulting sound is very rich, but
with a clarity that is lost if the top is completely closed.
Yamaha uses the middle pedal for a 'practice pedal' which lowers
a piece of thick felt between the hammers and the strings.  The
resulting sound is extremely soft, like an unamplified electric
piano, and would definitely not disturb the neighbors (fortunately,
my apt. is curiously soundproof and I routinely play well into the
small hours without death threats).

At some point I will post an article about "adjustments to a piano
action that anyone can do".  Is anyone else into whippets, capstans,
etc.?

Cheers-  David Anderson (wisc-rsch!anderson)