---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment The left pedal hanging down would suggest a broken "pedal axle' or related bushing. The other possibility that comes to mind is wood broken away in the keyframe where the una-chorda lever is supposed to engage. Close? Andrew At 06:31 PM 8/26/2005, you wrote: >Okay, here is my first (and likely lame) contribution to the daily >mystery question. > >About 1980 Kawai KG-2S - about 5' 10" - very good to excellent >condition. Lady bought it used one year ago (she paid $3,500 for it >- perfect satin cherry case - she got a great deal!). During that >first year she had a QRS Pianomation player system installed on the >piano. We had set up a service appointment for cleaning the >interior, tuning and looking at a "loose" pedal. > >The left (una-corda) pedal was just hanging down. I crawled under >piano to check levers, etc. Everything with the una-corda under the >keybed appeared to be functioning just fine. Adjustment appears good >(in that, when the pedal travels down, the lever moves sideways in >the keybed). However, when you depress the left pedal the action >frame did not slide over to the right. The keyframe was resting on >the left felted keyframe stop. The action slid in and out easily. It >was as if the una-corda lever system was not hooked up to the action frame. > >What was the cause of the non-functioning una-corda pedal? > >(This is probably too easy - however, it did take me a good 10 or 15 >minutes to fully figure it out.) > >Terry Farrell ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/04/83/4e/7c/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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