The broken rod hanger that others have mentioned is the likely cause. Since it is a Kimball, there is another thing that should be checked. In the newer Kimballs (1970s through 1990s?), the trapwork levers are connected to the trap springs with bolts and nuts. These nuts get loose, fall off, and cause problems with the dampers. If it has this arrangement, be sure they are all tight before making other adjustments. If the nuts from the sustain or bass sustain pedal have gotten lost, replace them; borrow them from the soft pedal if you need to. When these get loose, some dampers won't work well. If you adjust them to the strings, then other dampers will fail. When you check to see if the pedal has some lost motion, it will look like it does. The trapwork spring on the bottom board has to be engaged for the damper rod to go down to its proper rest position. Bruce Dornfeld, RPT bdornfeld at earthlink.net North Shore Chapter -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090615/5852fd2d/attachment.htm>
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