4 pedals

[John Ross]

No, it was a special effect. A metal piece, or hard leather piece hit
the string first, to give a different sound. Some compared it to a
harpsichord effect, others a banjo effect.
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 11:52 AM
Subject: Re: 4 pedals


| 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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