jury-rigged pedal rods

[William Benjamin]

Paul,

Kimball had this problem for a while and it was a factory problem.   So many
tec's complained that they made a tool they would send for free that would
put a dog leg in the stem of the spoon and would use up measurement and make
the spoon a little lower so it wouldn't rub.   Of coarse, Kimble is no more,
but maybe some of the old guys or gals on here might remember where they
threw that dang tool.   

William

PIANO BOUTIQUE
William Benjamin
Piano Tuner Extraordinaire
www.pianoboutique.biz
The tuner alone,
preserves the tone.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Paul Mulik
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 10:55 PM
To: piano
Subject: jury-rigged pedal rods

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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