Baldwin Pedal Advice

[Michelle Smith]

Good morning everyone.  I received some good advice from Joel Rappaport
concerning the Baldwin pedal issue (he lives up I-35 from me) and thought
you might like to read it as well.  Enjoy!

 

Michelle Smith

Bastrop, Texas

 

>From Joel:

 

1.  Anytime there is an unusual pedal adjustment that appears to have to be
done, always check the assembly of the lyre onto the bottom of the case.

First, the lyre should not be loose and able to swing back and forth when
the pedal is depressed.  But also check the top of the lyre and make sure
there is no space between the lyre and the bottom of the keybed.  Sometimes
wrongly installed support rods (could be wood or metal) mess up the lyre
position.

 

2.  The screw that you mention that comes out of the bottom of the piano and
through the trapwork lever itself usually has a big front-rail-style felt
punching on it.  Is this the case?  If so, it limits the _downward_ travel
of the lever ONLY to keep the lever from swinging free when the lyre is
taken off.  It is NOT part of the actual pedal adjustments. when the piano
is being played.

 

3.  From your description, it sounds like what I call the "push rod" (brass
rod that the pedal pushes up onto the trapwork lever) is too long.  First of
all, make sure the push rod for the right pedal is seated completely down
into the hole in the back of that pedal.  If that is the case and you can't
make the adjustment with the two nuts on the top of the push rod (if that is
what Baldwin has now), the rod may have always been too long and a bit has
to be cut off with a hack saw.  It would be interesting to know if the
customer always had this complaint about the right pedal or it has
developed.

 

Of course, these are in addition to all the other excellent suggestions
given throughout the List.

Good luck with this.  I am sure the List would appreciate knowing how you
solved it.

 

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