puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Neither of those weren't the culprit in this particular case.  It is 
significant that adjusting the timing via the nut was not a stable fix.

Alan E.

-----Original Message-----
From: markjschultz at gmail.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 1:09 PM
Subject: Re: puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

   spoons & key height 
 
 On 1/16/07, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net> wrote: 
 > 
 > 
  > > 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 
 > 
 > 
 > No. 
 > 
 > 
 > 
 > <G> 
 > Ron N 
 > 
 
 -- Mark J. Schultz 
 markjschultz at gmail.com 
 404.502.8500 


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