Disklavier

This is normal - it is because (on upright models at least) the disklavier 
control unit moves the soft pedal when you alter the volume. This pushes 
the hammers closer to the strings and alters the action a bit. You should 
find that depressing the soft pedal manually has a similar effect. You 
won't be doing any damage playing the piano this way :)

The life expectency of the piano won't be shortened by the disklavier - 
you should get 50-100 years out of the piano in good conditions, assuming 
you have it regularly serviced and tuned, possibly more. Of course, nobody 
can say the electronics will last that long - but at least the piano will 
still play!

Regards

James

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006, jason_jkim wrote:

> Hi all
>
> Thank you very much for the information you guys post.  We've got it to
> work and we are enjoying the disklavier immensely.  I was wondering if
> any of you know these two questions.
>
> On disklavier MX80, if I turn the volumn down below setting "2", the
> piano keys are not leveled.  It still plays but some keys are higher or
> lower than others.  Anything above setting "2" makes it leveled.  If I
> play the system like that is it causing some damage?  Setting 2 is kind
> of loud in our house.
>
> Another question is what is the life expectancy of the piano using
> disklavier to play versus using fingers to play? or are they about the
> same?
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> Any infomation is helpful and appreciated...
>
> Jason
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