There are a lot of uprights, both old and new, that have some sort of a mute or practice pedal and I've thought it curious that there are no grand pianos, in my experience, similarly equipped. But recently, I looked into the action cavity of a gray market G3 Yamaha, about 5 years old, and noticed that it had a vertically-positioned felt strip running along the damper guide rail. Looking under the keybed, I saw what looked like a parking brake handle which, when pulled, swung the felt up into a horizontal position between hammers and strings. Tom -- Thomas A. Cole, RPT Santa Cruz, CA mailto:tcole@cruzio.com
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