Dear everybody, It may be more appropriate to E-mail Steinway directly but I've misplaced their technical e-mail address. Also I thought there may be some interest in these questions. If you would rather E-mail me direct that is OK and thank you in advance. 1. On some of the new Steinway's I see, but not all, there is a thin piece of bushing type cloth under the backrail cloth. Is the purpose of this an air damper for noise reduction or is it a quick way to raise or lower the key height gang style? I suspect sometimes it is the later because I see it on some, but not all of the new grands I see. 2. When using the una-corda pedal I sometimes get a metal to metal click coming from the excess play in between the brass locator plate on the bass cheek block and the guide pin coming from the keyframe. I have tried adding a small shim in the back of the bass end dag to take up some of the play but it wasn't very successful. It is an annoying little noise that I haven't been able to do much with. Have any of you experienced this problem and if so have you had any success dealing with it? On some of these pianos I have been able to observe the bass end swim around while using the shift pedal which to me seems that the strike point is changing depending on how the pedal is being used. Doug Hershberger,RPT
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