"Loss of Tone" Complaint

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

    Terry, picture this; You take the action out, then you depress the
pedal,,,,,,,, Huh?
    You might want to re-read the posting.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Farrell" <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: "Loss of Tone" Complaint


> This was to clean the underside of the string at the damper. Removing the
> action provides access to the string underside, and lifting the dampers by
> depressing the pedal gets the dampers up off the strings so that you can
> scrub them. If you do that with the dampers lowered at resting position,
you
> will chew up the dampers - especially the wedges that extend down below
the
> bottom of the string.
>
> Terry Farrell
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin E. Ramsey" <ramsey@extremezone.com>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 9:32 PM
> Subject: Re: "Loss of Tone" Complaint
>
>
> >     Roger, old chum, what good does depressing the pedal AFTER you have
> > removed the action do?  I would think that just taking the action out,
> > period, would do the trick. I think that that's what you meant.
> >     BTW, here in America, it can be Duh, or Doh!  Interchangeably.
Depends
> > on how much you watch the telly.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca>
> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 8:27 AM
> > Subject: Re: "Loss of Tone" Complaint
> >
> >
> > > >
> > > >Let's hear about cleaning those undersides under the dampers too,
while
> > > >we're at it.
> > > >
> > > >Ron N
> > > >
> > > Just take the action out and depress the pedal.  Duh!!!!!! Not often
you
> > > get caught Ron.  <G>
> >