hi Susan, Yeah, some customers are like that... Well, at least I remembered something about removing a spring... :-) That cloth on the pedal pivot rod in the box can make an interesting grunting noise. The damper pedal on my Steinway (1914 A) was making a terrible racket. I thought the problem was where the trap lever spring met the lever-- I thought I had fixed it, but it came back. What?! It turned out to be the cloth on the pedal pivot rod in the box. I was embarrassed for myself for being so slow to find it. At least this time I was the customer... br ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Kline" <skline at peak.org> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 1:35:26 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] heavy damper pedal complaint I removed the spring from under the damper tray, (inside) for a picky customer with an S&S M who was having exactly this problem. She claimed that the dampers were too slow to damp afterwards, and I put it back in. I couldn't really tell the difference in damping. Then later on she told me that another tuner she had gone to, apparently dissatisfied with me, had fixed the problem *properly* ... turned out, she had removed the same spring. <some customers are like that> I also have heard that on newer Steinways, they use a neoprene tube inside the box, instead of a wrapping of bushing cloth to muffle the clinch plate. Sometimes the neoprene introduces a lot of friction. If I found that, I'd just take it out and use bushing cloth again. With new cloth, it takes a second tightening after the pedal has been used a bit, or the cloth getting pressed down lets the pedal get too loose. Susan On 11/11/2010 11:21 AM, Barbara Richmond wrote: Hi.. The elderly gentleman with the rebuilt S&S M called to say he thinks the damper pedal is too hard to push down. I haven't had a look yet. I'll check the pedal timing and take the trap lever spring and stomp on it if I have to. Did I read on a list that sometimes techs just remove the trap lever spring (if the system will work without it)? Thanks, Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, Illinois -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101111/b4bf30f6/attachment.htm>
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