puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Excellent answer, Ron! LOL.

Alan

-----Original Message-----
From: rnossaman at cox.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

    
  > Went to tune a Sohmer console (although the problem in question was 
not > necessarily specific to this make). Client complained that the 
damper > pedal wasnt 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 cant have that, said I, so off I went to 
get to the bottom > if this problem. Turned out to be something I hadnt 
seen before. > Can you guess what it was? 
 > > Cheers, 
 > > Alan Eder 
 
 No. 
 
  
 <G> 
 Ron N 


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