---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment At 11:09 PM -0500 11/27/03, Joey Recker wrote: >... On almost every upright and spinet piano I've worked on... >there is an extra damper lever assembly where the action brackets >are. There is no wire nor damper head/felt attached to the lever, >but someone took the trouble to put a lever, and sping there anyway. > >Why? Joey, That lever is used to insure the damper lever lift rods are moved away from the damper levers when the sustain pedal is released. You'll notice the spring is a heavier gauge to accomplish this. Sincerely, Keith McGavern Registered Piano Technician Oklahoma Chapter 731 Piano Technicians Guild USA ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/8c/5b/41/7b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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