On Hohner Pianets a sticky pad is a small rubber pad that sits on the hammer arm at the far end of the key. Its function is to mute the Pianet reed when the key is at rest position, and to spring off the reed when the key is played. This lifting off the reed […]

The action is the term given to the mechanical section of a piano instrument. The design and layout of actions varies in different piano and keyboard instruments; but they all serve the same function: To transfer the energy of the musician’s pressing of the key into the striking of the string, tine, or reed to […]