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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi david,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The weld may be broken and about to
fail.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Joe Goss RPT<BR>Mother Goose Tools<BR><A
href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ilvey@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:ilvey@sbcglobal.net">David
Ilvedson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org
href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">caut@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:18
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [CAUT] seiler pedal</DIV>
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<P>I have a customer with a Seiler Studio, about 3 years old. The
sustain pedal adjustment nut has to be turned up to the point the dampers
barely raise or the dampers are held off the strings. The problem
comes from pedal lever is flexing or (probably) the pelican spring is
pushing down or giving too much. Movement at the pedal side of the
lever hardly moves the other end of the lever with the dowel.
Lever is square metal stock [] except on its side instead of an i-beam
configuration. The spring is welded to the lever. The
owner is going to email Seiler. The nearly exact configuration
works perfectly with the soft pedal and the mute pedal. Those
levers are shorter though. The sustain lever also doesn't seem to
be in as perfect alignment with the dowel as it could be. I think
it is slightly tipped also...</P>
<P>As I think through it, I'm wondering if the pelican spring is in the spot
on the lever. Where that should be I don't know...Maybe the
pelican spring is not strong enough to resist the pedal movement?</P>
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<P>David Ilvedson, RPT<BR>Pacifica, CA 94044<BR></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>