Keith, I too am no super tech but if I may I'd like to chime in with my two cents. If the blade were only slightly engaging the damper levers in the first place I can understand how the lever being propelled too high could come down just as hard and make it's way past the sos. blade. Am I making sense here? Greg kam544@flash.net wrote: > >... -- the > >damper stop rail! It had worked its way up too high, and without it > >being in its proper place, the sostenuto & dampers were totally > >messed up. Once it was lowered to proper specs the sostentuto worked > >perfectly!... > >Patrick > > Patrick, List, > > I certainly don't claim to be a super tech, but I fail to see how having > the damper stop rail too high would in any fashion mess up the dampers, > and/or the operation of the sostenuto system. > > All I can envision happening with the damper rail being as you have > described is the dampers clunking back down on the keys with aggressive > playing. > > Care to offer more information as to how this could be, please? > > Keith McGavern > Registered Piano Technician > Oklahoma Chapter 731 > Piano Technicians Guild > USA -- Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté 19270 Harlon Ave. Lakewood, Ohio 44107 216-226-3791 mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net
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