You can see the screws here :
]]>I initially considered returning my unit but persisted - turned out a good thing in my case but unless you upload a recording minor7add9, hard to say how diff to mine that yours is/was.
Main thing is to have pedals suiting your requirements in the end. Still feel the F-30 the best I've come across.
What do you mean by re-fastening?
On the bottom of the unit, there are screws on each corner of the metal plate. Loosening these and redoing them up is what I imagine user Kepijapa meant - but that was already done when the technician visited I also imagine.
On so many real pianos, the noises are way more than my slab and pedals on the Dpiano setup. Una corda for example is really not my cup-of-tea on a lot of real pianos, with the whole keyboard physically moving along with associated mechanical stress/flex noises.
Also a lot of pianos have way noisier pedal sounds, all the way up through metal poles up to the cabinet behind mechanisms beyond the keys.. all resonating like knocking sounds with squeaking and groaning metal and springs etc. I'd hope your F-30 experience wasn't as bad as some otherwise lovely and sometimes expensive pianos I've played
In a way, our digital piano experience is filtering out a lot of real world elements - just in case over time it's worth reflecting on - but in the end I really hope you get the pedals best for you - none of this kit setup is easy or free of trial and error if you're getting serious about it.
]]>Here is the sound of my VPC1 pedal.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/amo4jrut87jvv...5.wav?dl=0
Thank you.
I exchanged my pedal with the one wich was public in the shop, because it was a BIT more quiet.
Still it seems, that the noise is just more annoying than on the F-10 Pedal...
Opening the unit and loosening up and re-fastening the screws can also help, it did in my case.
What do you mean by re-fastening?
]]>Regarding the pedal:
He greased the mechanism inside with no positive effect. He talked to Kawai, they told him, they won't send a new pedal, because the noise should be normal.
Of course they didnt hear it, and its so annoying that I will not accept it, until I can be sure about this. (After all I paid a good amout of money)
Would some of you with a VPC1 or a F-30 Pedal be so kind, to record the noise of your pedal (rappidly up, like you would pedal a fast chord change)?
That way I can compare and maybe have an argument for Kawai. And there are no video sources of the F-30 like reviews or such.
Thanks in advance!
]]>You should still report it -- it could be yours is particularly bad. Even if not, manufacturers should be aware that customers aren't satisfied with noisy components. You might also carefully check the keys for excess noise. While turned off, play each key chromatically and listen for any friction (scraping) between two keys, or excessively loud clunking on any.
]]>But even disregarding that, there should be no squeaking on whatever pedal.
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