<HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Steinway Damper Action</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> OK guys, time to get s= erious.  (Just a little, and for just a little while.) I’m going to replace the damper action in our old Steinway D in a wee= k or so.  Putting in a new Renner system.  This brings up a questi= on I have had for a long time and have never got a good answer.  Why is= the tray pivot pin not in line with the underlever flange pins?  When = I try to visualize the motion of the underlevers and tray, this seems like t= he best place for it.  Having the tray pivot pin offset seems to be a m= ajor factor in the unpleasant phenomenon of the underlever pushing down on t= he back of a depressed key when the sustain pedal is used.  Yet every m= anufacturer I have seen, and the Renner instructions, puts the tray pivot pi= n behind the underlever flange pin.  What am I missing? Ken Z. -- Ken Zahringer, RPT Piano Technician University of Missouri School of Music 297 Fine Arts Bldg Columbia, MO 65211 573-882-1202 cell 573-489-7529 </BODY> </HTML>