puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

[Joseph Alkana]

Pelican spring screws pulling out of bottom board?
Joseph Alkana RPT
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From: <reggaepass at aol.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:18 PM
Subject: puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem


> 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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