puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

[reggaepass at aol.com]

When I got called back on it, that was my first guess.  But nope, that 
wasn't it either.

Alan E.

-----Original Message-----
From: josephspiano at comcast.net
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

   Pelican spring screws pulling out of bottom board? 
 Joseph Alkana RPT 
 ----- Original Message ----- 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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