4 pedals

[Tom Dickson]

Thanks, John,

  I've heard of the thumbtach idea - never seen it, fortunately.

  So, then, is this oother bar I mentioned in tended to stop hammers hitting 
the strings, or just reduce hammer impact, and thus volume?

Tom



>From: "John Ross" <jrpiano@win.eastlink.ca>
>Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
>To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: 4 pedals
>Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 11:37:21 -0300
>
>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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