[CAUT] Steinway Pedal Lyre Regulation After Reconditioning

[Paul Milesi, RPT]

Jon,

After installation of the new pedal cushions, the pedals ended up pretty
much level I¹d say, which I liked.  Being a pianist myself, I judged the
feel with the lyre on the piano, and don¹t believe I¹d want them much higher
or lower.

You refer to the cushion rest ³package.²  Do you mean something more than
the stuffed leather cushions that are tacked to the bottom board?  Is it
typical to adjust their thickness in some way?  I have on occasion seen felt
on top of the cushion to adjust the rest position, but obviously in this
case I don¹t want the rear of the pedal to be any higher than it is now.  I
suppose it would be possible to squash them in a vise to thin them, but that
doesn¹t seem like it would be desirable, as it might introduce more noise?
Just curious as to best practices in this area.

Paul
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Paul Milesi, RPT
Staff Piano Technician
Howard University Department of Music
Washington, DC



From: Jon Page <jonpage at comcast.net>
Reply-To: <caut at ptg.org>
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:03:14 -0400
To: <caut at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Steinway Pedal Lyre Regulation After Reconditioning

> is that the new pedal cushions ("ravioli") are
> thicker than the originals.


In deciding on the thickness of the rest 'package',
consider the inclination of the pedals at rest.

Probably set them level to start, knowing the felt will compress
and the pedal will rise in the front. But I still start with the front
slightly higher than level to allow the pedal to traverse through
level but not so much that once the compression happens, the
pedal is too high.

In other words, use your best guess...

Regards,

Jon Page


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