weekend puzzler????

[Thomas D. Seay]

>I tuned a Kimball console yesterday........ from the late 70's-early 80's.
> Every thing worked just fine......except for the 'soft pedal' and the 'bass
>sustain'.
>
>  Both pedals worked, after a fashion, and on the down stroke they seemed
>just fine.............however they were very slow in coming to rest upon
>release....and the hammer rail would stay in about the mid travel position.
>
>What was wrong?  (hint: piano had recently been moved)
>Jim Bryant (FL)

Hi Jim,

Were the trap levers rubbing against each other, having slipped out of
their normal position during the move?

Tom

Tom Seay
School of Music
The University of Texas at Austin
mailto:t.seay@mail.utexas.edu