4 pedals

[Joe And Penny Goss]

Hi Tom,
A practice bar for silent running.
The other mute may have little 'O' rings at the end of the strips that the
hammers knocked against the strings to give a Banjo effect.
Joe Goss
imatunr@srvinet.com
www.mothergoosetools.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Dickson" <td_tuner@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 8:52 AM
Subject: Re: 4 pedals


> Thanks, John,
>
>   I've heard of the thumbtach idea - never seen it, fortunately.
>
>   So, then, is this oother bar I mentioned in tended to stop hammers
hitting
> the strings, or just reduce hammer impact, and thus volume?
>
> Tom
>
>
>
> >From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Subject: Re: 4 pedals
> >Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 11:37:21 -0300
> >
> >Hi Tom,
> >The leather strips, were not a mute, but, gave it a Rinky-Tink effect.
> >Term used in the Schaff Catalogue, they can still be purchased as an
> >add on.
> >Some people used to add thumb tacks to the hammers to give the same
> >effect. Very detrimental to the hammers.
> >Regards,
> >John M. Ross
> >Windsor, Nova Scotia.
> >jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Tom Dickson" <td_tuner@hotmail.com>
> >To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:30 AM
> >Subject: 4 pedals
> >
> >
> >| Hi, All!
> >|
> >|    I ran into something new to me, the other day.  It was a 1905
> >Bell
> >| upright with 4 pedals.
> >|
> >|    The third pedal brings down a practice mute.  But, it's strips of
> >| leather, not the usual long piece of felt.  The fourth pedal is set
> >up so
> >| that a stick attached to the action, just below the hammers, slides
> >across
> >| and towards the hammer shanks.  There are thick strips of felt on
> >the face
> >| of this which the hammer shanks could hit.  I'm assuming that when
> >this
> >| stick is properly regulated, someone could practise their fingering
> >without
> >| actually having the piano make any sound.
> >|
> >|    Do you think that's right?
> >|
> >|    Interesting instrument!
> >|
> >| Sincerely,
> >| Tom Dickson,
> >| Regina, SK
> >|
> >|
> >|
> >|
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