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This pedal is used for quiet practise - and muffles the sound the felt drops in front of the hammers, so the hammers hit the felt before the strings. The white felt is also graded in thickness - thick in the bass, then gradually tapering thin in the treble. If you press or release the middle pedal, this should activate the celeste rail. The celeste rail is the metal/wooden rail at the back - running across the tuning pins - and hanging from it is white felt - note that it is cut in various places where the hammer & string sections end. See photo below showing flanges from a lever part). Each one has a centre pin - so they are just like hinges on a door. The flanges are the small square(ish) pieces of wood - about 5 of them, situated underneath the hammer rail. The hammers will also be sandwiched between 7mm green or cream baize to cushion their return. If you push the left pedal down, the whole rail should move forward with the hammers. The hammer rest rail is the silver rail in the middle, running horizontal - all the hammers are resting on it. There is no "User Manual" as such for pianos when you buy a piano, you need to buy the "Haynes Piano Manual" by John Bishop (Amazon sell it) - which shows these parts generally on any piano. its looks genuine enough, but I guess this could have been stuck on from another piano? I have managed to translate the Japanese writing on this label - please see Piano Advice section for the translation.
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and any numbers you see, names (exactly what you've said in your post) - we need the photographic equivalent of your words. even a child! - but it doesnt always mean that's the name of the piano - so photos of the piano please. The photo of the sticker does not tell us where on the piano it is located?Īnyone can put a sticker on a piano. the soundboard decal will probably be original.
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#Yamaha piano value by serial number full
We would also need to see a photo of the FULL mechanism inside - with the top panel/ music rest section of wood completely removed. Yamaha usually distinctively add their name to the inside of their pianos aswell (uprights) - on the cast iron frame near the tuning pins, and will be near the serial number. I think the best way would be to send a photo or 2 of the piano itself, showing the name on the fallboard & soundboard.