In a message dated 1/10/01 10:59:40 PM Central Standard Time, lesbart1@juno.com writes: << I had to touch up some strings on a pretty old Brambach today, and a "key was sticking, more so when the damper pedal is used", according to the owner. I discovered a hammer was simply rubbing against another, and fixed it. But I can't figure out why pushing the damper pedal would affect the key negatively. Opinions? Thanks les bartlett >> The damper lever helps push the key down, which gets the wippen out of the way. Without the damper lever pushing the key down, the key and wippen stays up, so the hammer has to push the wippen and key down. If it rubbing just slightly against it's neighbor, there is not enough weight in the hammer to get by the friction and to push the wippen and key down. Willem.
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