---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment A wild guess, based on a previous frustrating experience. The shift lever is not contacting with the keyframe at alll because the blocks that hold it in place on the bottom of the piano sit too far above (below, really) the surface to which they are attached, which puts the keyframe out of reach. Installers of disc systems sometimes do funny things to get pedals out of the way of various contraptions down there. Dave S. In a message dated 8/26/05 6:07:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes: The left pedal hanging down would suggest a broken "pedal axle' or related bushing. Nope. You're not even warm. ...wood broken away in the keyframe where the una-chorda lever is supposed to engage. That ocurred to me also. I checked that and the underside of the keyframe appears all original and in excellent condition. There is a hard maple insert with a leather pad where the una-corda level should contact. All appears well with the keyframe. But like Alan Barnard, you are in the right ballpark, but this is not the correct answer. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: _Andrew and Rebeca Anderson_ (mailto:anrebe@sbcglobal.net) 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/c8/57/db/1b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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