[pianotech] No Bridle Tapes

[Ryan Sowers]

Chaperone pedal! That's very funny! I've often referred to it as the
"placebo pedal". If you use your imagination it actually sounds like it does
something! Kind of like when you swear you heard the pitch change on a
string only to find out your on the wrong tuning pin.

On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 11:32 AM, John Ross <jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca> wrote:

> Big question is, did you fix the pedal?
> A newbie, might have thought some pieces were missing. LOL
> John Ross
> Windsor, Nova Scotia.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco at luther.edu>
> To: "Ken & Pat Gerler" <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net>; <pianotech at ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 12:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [pianotech] No Bridle Tapes
>
>
> On 7/4/09, Ken & Pat Gerler <kenneth.gerler at prodigy.net> wrote:
> > Kimball did this in some of their Whitney spinets - no bridle tapes - no
> > bridle wires. The action is so compact that even when the wippen drops
> > down
> > the jack does not fall under the felt on the hammer butt.
>
> Yeah, I remember those late 70s Kimballs...  That same model also had
> what I called a "chaperone" pedal.  It was just there to keep the
> other two separated.
>
> Useless as...,   but it did call me out on a warranty call to see why
> the middle pedal didn't work on their new piano. (I was a newbie,
> then, too.)
>
>
> --
> Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT - Keyboard Technician
> Luther College, 700 College Dr.,
> Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
> 1-(563)-387-1204 // Fax 1-(563)-387-1076
>
>


-- 
Ryan Sowers, RPT
Puget Sound Chapter
Olympia, WA
www.pianova.net
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