troublesome upright damper pedal

[Ron Nossaman]

> I originally got called in on this job, because the damper pedal wasn't 
> working.  The screws to the pedal lever bracket were just about out of 
> the bottom panel.  Then, I looked around and saw this not so ideal pedal 
> set up.  I posted the 2006 picture last year.  This year I got called 
> to regulate the piano and I included doing something about the 
> troublesome damper pedal.

Kawai UST-8? But didn't you disconnect the bass dampers from 
the right pedal?

The biggest problem I've had with these is that there is so 
much compliance in the system (levers flex, punchings 
compress), and so little lever travel at the pedal, that the 
dampers won't lift completely on some of them. Either going to 
1" square tubing for the rods, or sistering a slab of maple on 
top to increase lever beam strength makes them sort of work 
with minimum bloodshed.

Ron N