puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

[Ron Nossaman]

> Went to tune a Sohmer console (although the problem in question was not 
> necessarily specific to this make).  Client complained that the damper 
> pedal wasn’t working well.  Dampers were coming off the strings when 
> the pedal was fully depressed, but just barely.  I turned down the nut 
> on the threaded rod attached to the pedal to time the lift sooner.  Not 
> enough time on that visit to determine why it had gone out of adjustment 
> (assuming it had ever been IN adjustment).  Problem solved….until 
> several months later when the client called that the damper pedal was 
> again not working, making playing her piano a “hateful” experience.  
> Well, we can’t have that, said I, so off I went to get to the bottom 
> if this problem.  Turned out to be something I hadn’t seen before.  
> Can you guess what it was?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alan Eder


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Ron N