puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

[reggaepass at aol.com]

List,

Went to tune a Sohmer console (although the problem in question was not 
necessarily specific to this make).  Client complained that the damper 
pedal wasn’t working well.  Dampers were coming off the strings when 
the pedal was fully depressed, but just barely.  I turned down the nut 
on the threaded rod attached to the pedal to time the lift sooner.  Not 
enough time on that visit to determine why it had gone out of 
adjustment (assuming it had ever been IN adjustment).  Problem 
solved….until several months later when the client called that the 
damper pedal was again not working, making playing her piano a 
“hateful” experience.  Well, we can’t have that, said I, so off I went 
to get to the bottom if this problem.  Turned out to be something I 
hadn’t seen before.  Can you guess what it was?

Cheers,

Alan Eder



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