4 pedals

[John Ross]

Hi Tom,
The leather strips, were not a mute, but, gave it a Rinky-Tink effect.
Term used in the Schaff Catalogue, they can still be purchased as an
add on.
Some people used to add thumb tacks to the hammers to give the same
effect. Very detrimental to the hammers.
Regards,
John M. Ross
Windsor, Nova Scotia.
jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Dickson" <td_tuner@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:30 AM
Subject: 4 pedals


| Hi, All!
|
|    I ran into something new to me, the other day.  It was a 1905
Bell
| upright with 4 pedals.
|
|    The third pedal brings down a practice mute.  But, it's strips of
| leather, not the usual long piece of felt.  The fourth pedal is set
up so
| that a stick attached to the action, just below the hammers, slides
across
| and towards the hammer shanks.  There are thick strips of felt on
the face
| of this which the hammer shanks could hit.  I'm assuming that when
this
| stick is properly regulated, someone could practise their fingering
without
| actually having the piano make any sound.
|
|    Do you think that's right?
|
|    Interesting instrument!
|
| Sincerely,
| Tom Dickson,
| Regina, SK
|
|
|
|
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