upright pedal extenders

[Farrell]

> The keysboard....
> oppppsss.. Really uncomfortable having to reach up to play...

Learn to play like Glenn Gould!

Terry Farrell
Piano Tuning & Service
Tampa, Florida
mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: upright pedal extenders


> Cant help you with your problem but you reminded me of a weird one I ran
into a
> few weeks back. A Jacob Knudsen piano made here in Bergen .... school
> modifications of a very creative fashion....
>
> They had decided to put some nice big wheels on this puppy... and and the
same
> time make them look good... so instead of these transport type
assemblies... you
> know the type that dont raise the piano much more then a quarter inch or
so...
> The installed these monsters right to the underside of the piano...
>
> Course this caused the pedals to be about 12 feet off the
ground....(actually
> more like 5 inches or so)  so they had cut the pedal just where it comes
out,
> and welded a big peice of brass to make an extension downwards...welded
the
> pedal onto that again... so the foot was at the usual distance from the
floor...
> neat enough... worked reasonably well but did put a lot of stress on the
> hinges..
>
> Only one problem with all of this... and I wonder if they didnt notice
this
> until it was too late and so decided to let it go... The keysboard....
> oppppsss.. Really uncomfortable having to reach up to play... or stretch
so far
> down with the foot after adjusting the seat up...
>
>
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> mailto:Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no
>
>
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