Modartt user forum - Half damper pedal noise

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (Ispilidna) — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 20:50:13 +0000

just for public information:

I just got a Roland DP10 to work perfectly in any of the 3 pedal plugs of my Studiologic VMK 188 Plus, but I had to rewire the cable, switching polarity.

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (sigasa) — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 01:08:21 +0000

you're welcome

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (Michael H) — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:06:26 +0000

Chris,

I'm giving it a try today, first plenty of grease, then if that's not enough, the plastic. It may take a few days to see how well it's working because my noise was intermittent, though plenty annoying.

Thanks very much for sharing your fix with me and everyone else

Regards,
Michael

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (sigasa) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:38:08 +0000

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (sigasa) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 21:05:04 +0000

http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/uploads.p...d_test.mp3

Sound Recording of FC3 half pedals after having made the previously shown sound dampening modifications to them. Recording of key noise appears on mp3 first.

p.s. added more bearing grease which has worked a treat as you'll hear.

now quiet enough, for me anyhow!

Chris

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (Michael H) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 15:23:00 +0000

Chris, that's a nice job! And on the last video it seems pretty quiet. I'll have to try that with the plastic- it looks good too. It is making me think though they they really should have spent the time to design the FC3 better, even if they charged a little more.

Thanks for the videos and pics!

Michael

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (sigasa) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 12:42:57 +0000

http://img4.imageshack.us/i/brd.mp4/

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (sigasa) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 08:26:53 +0000

still not really quiet enough for me! I'll check the above videos shortly.

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (Michael H) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 02:46:06 +0000

Gilles wrote:

If you're interested, back here I showed photos of my answer to the sliding pedal problem :
http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/viewtopic...6892#p6892

Nice and simple!

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (Gilles) — Wed, 12 Jan 2011 00:37:40 +0000

If you're interested, back here I showed photos of my answer to the sliding pedal problem :

http://www.forum-pianoteq.com/viewtopic...6892#p6892

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (Michael H) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:19:17 +0000

wolfgang wrote:

Yeah that flip out thingy is absolutely great!
What other (easily transportable) means would you suggest?

A hammer and a nail?? What about a piece of carpetting or rubber that can be fastened somehow or velcroed to the bottom edge of the pedal? A little trial and error would be worth the trouble. Have you ever been playing and someone asked "why is the piano player laying down on the piano stool'? (because you're chasing a runaway pedal)

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (wolfgang) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:04:55 +0000

Michael H wrote:

...although I really like that flip out heel thingy on the DP10 ... but there are other ways around the 'sliding pedal syndrome' .

Yeah that flip out thingy is absolutely great!
What other (easily transportable) means would you suggest?

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (Michael H) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:33:08 +0000

Gilles, it sounds like you've got the problem licked too. Since the FC3 covers 0-127 it does seem like the better choice, although I really like that flip out heel thingy on the DP10 ... but there are other ways around the 'sliding pedal syndrome' .

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (Gilles) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 19:55:29 +0000

I think I remember now bending something in order to eliminate this metal on metal scraping.

For comparison, I also filmed my two pedals, the FC3 makes a clicking noise when bottoming out but no squeak. The on-off soft pedal travel is much quieter.

Partial pedalling on the FC3 makes almost no noise (and no lemon juice )

http://picasaweb.google.com/gllsprs/FC3...3934079554

Re: Half damper pedal noise

null@example.com (sigasa) — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 16:02:09 +0000

http://img829.imageshack.us/img829/7439/ehrm.mp4

Sorry the quality oif the video is so poor, my SD card ain't working and I only have x amount of seconds on even this quality video on my on board memory!

I post some pics and a video using my wfes camera shortly,

Chris