Heavy pedal

[Mark Story]

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Don,

If you have eliminated all other causes, sometimes you can remove the =
return spring in the damper tray. I've done this several times, =
satisfied the complaint and still have a reliable sustain pedal. For =
some reason, S&S has put an extremely strong coil spring here at times. =
If the trapwork is not binding, I don't see a need for this and gravity =
seems plenty adequate to return the tray.

Mark Story, RPT
Eastern Washington University
mstory@ewu.edu
-----Original Message-----
    From: Don Price <dcp@sosinc.net>
    To: List <pianotech@ptg.org>
    Date: Friday, March 13, 1998 7:48 AM
    Subject: Heavy pedal
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    I service a  12 year old Steinway M at a local church.    The =
complaint is that the damper pedal is too "heavy",  or hard to depress.
    The piano player thinks it has become more resistant  with time, =
especially in the last month or two. =20
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    I've removed the action to check the damper tray which moves freely; =
the dowel through the key bed is not rubbing; removing the metal rod =
lets the pedal drop freely; with the metal rod removed the wooden lever =
under the bed also drops freely.  I even removed the coil spring that =
sits between the  wooden lever and the bed, which didn't make enough =
difference to satisfy.
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    Any suggestions on how to lighten the pedal feel would be =
appreciated.
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    Thanks.
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    Don Price
    dcp@sosinc.net

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