Quiz du jour (easy)

[Jon Page]

The pedals have the wrong attitude,  perhaps.

I eased the forced required to depress by increasing the thickness
of felt under the back of the pedal. This lowered the front (obviously)
which reduced the angle at which the pedals were sloped.

I had to cut the rods to accomodate but this brought the travel of the pedal
into a more comfortable range.

Jon Page
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. (jpage@capecod.net)
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At 12:24 PM 10/8/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Instrument:
>-1968 vintage Baldwin SD10 in recital hall.
>
>Complaint:
>-Pedals heavy, and una corda feels "wierd".
>
>Heavy pedals were known to me and over the years I'd replaced coil 
>springs with the lighter ones available.  Still were heavy.
>This is the first time anyone had ever complained about it, however.
>
>Repositioned damper lever spring to other side of pitman.
>Definite improvement.
>
>Repositioned sostenudo spring >halfway toward pivot.
>Definite improvement.
>
>Shift is very sluggish and spongy. Immediately suspected cheekblocks and
>loosened screws to check. 
>
>No effect.
>
>What was it? 
>
>
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