Quiz du jour (easy)

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Conrad:

Was it a dirty keybed?

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Conrad Hoffsommer 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? 
> 
> 
> Conrad Hoffsommer         Office - (319) 387-1204
> Luther College            Music Dept Fax - (319) 387-1076
> 700 College Drive         hoffsoco@luther.edu
> Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
> 
>        Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) of
>    Digitally Activated Biopowered Tone Generation Systems
> "If you have to plug it in, or you can't watch how it works,
>                 I don't work on it."
> 
>