jury-rigged pedal rods

[Roger Jolly]

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Hi Paul,
               Two possibilities.
1.  The damper hanger bushing clips and the bushing is in the wrong 
position. No big deal.   Remove the clips and plug the holes with 5 
min epoxy heat with a hair drier and it will run like water and set 
up quite quickly. Drill pilot holes for the screws about 1/16" to 
1/8" above the old holes. Refit the hanger clips and rod. Regulate 
the pedal lifter rods.
You may also have badly worn or missing bushing cloth in the hanger clips.

2.  Remove action and  just bend the spoons further to the side, that 
will give you the required clearance, but you will have to regulate 
the damper timing on most notes.

Hope this helps
Roger


At 09:55 PM 3/1/2006, you wrote:
>Hello list,
>
>The other day I tuned a Kimball studio, and noticed that the bass sustain
>pedal wasn't working.  Figuring the rod must have fallen out, I removed the
>bottom panel and found that some tooner had removed the rod for the center
>pedal from the trapwork (but not from the lift rod) and duct-taped it to the
>rod for the damper pedal, so that when the damper pedal is pressed, both
>rods go up simultaneously, as if you were pushing both the center and right
>pedals at the same time.  Why anyone would do this, I have no idea, so I
>unwrapped all the tape and put the rods where they belonged.
>
>After that, the pedals worked fine, but I noticed a faint but annoying
>"screech" every time I depressed the damper pedal.  Turns out the damper
>lift rod is rubbing against the tops of the spoons (almost all of them).
>Whether this was the result of the jury-rigged pedal rods or just a
>coincidence, I don't know.  The rod and hangers don't appear to be damaged.
>I've worked on a lot of these old Kimballs, but I've never encountered this
>particular problem before.  How do I fix this?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Paul Mulik
>Joplin, MO
>
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