puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

[reggaepass at aol.com]

Nope, but SOMEthing was gradually failing.

Alan E.

-----Original Message-----
From: piano57 at insightbb.com
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Sent: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

   The pedal lever bracket screws were loosening. 
 
 Barbara Richmond 
 
  
 ----- Original Message ----- From: <reggaepass at aol.com> 
 To: <pianotech at ptg.org> 
 Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 3:53 PM 
 Subject: Re: puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem 
 
  > Good concept to explain the creeping aspect of this problem. Not the 
> right answer in this case, but it is along those lines. 
 > 
 > Alan E. 
 > 
 > -----Original Message----- 
 > From: jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca 
 > To: tune4u at earthlink.net; pianotech at ptg.org 
 > Sent: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 1:46 PM 
 > Subject: Re: puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem 
 > 
  > How about the pedal securing screws stripped, and the pedal is just 
 > loosening, bit by bit, after, you take out the lost motion, with the 
 > adjust. John M. Ross Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada > 
jrpiano at win.eastlink.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan R. > 
Barnard" <tune4u at earthlink.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Tuesday, 
 > January 16, 2007 5:04 PM Subject: RE: puzzler: vertical damper pedal 
> problem 
  > > 1. Mice (or roaches) eating felt punching or pedal prop bushings 
broken > or > missing or excessively worn > 2. Pedal trap spring not 
keeping enough > tension on the adjusting nut to > keep it from 
slipping (spring weak, > broken, or dislocated) 
  > > 3. Broken damper rod hangers or related parts 4. Split or broken 
wooden > > trapwork piece 
  > > 5. Felt missing between bass-only and full-damper arms of a 
center-push > > system 
  > > 6. Broken or bent pedal, pedal bracket, or pedal prop 7. Bunged up 
 > > threads on pedal prop or nut 8. Pedal bracket pivots or bushings 
worn or > > damaged 
  > > 9. Foreign object preventing full depression of the pedal or 
movement > of > the trapwork movement or upper damper assembly 
  > > 10. Player has wimpy leg muscles 11. Player is overly sensitive to 
 > > normal damper ring 12. Player is lonely, whiney, and/or has the 
hots for > > the tuner Alan Barnard Salem, MO Joshua 24:15 ----- 
Original > > message ---------------------------------------- > > From: 
reggaepass at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 01/16/2007 > > 
2:18:51 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 wasnâ?Tt 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 
solvedâ?¦.until > >>several months later when the client called that 
the damper pedal was > >>again not working, making playing her piano a 
  > >>â?ohatefulâ? experience. Well, we canâ?Tt have that, said I, so 
off I > >>went 
  > >>to get to the bottom if this problem. Turned out to be something I 
> >>hadnâ?Tt seen before. Can you guess what it was? 
 > > 
 > >>Cheers, 
 > > 
 > >>Alan Eder 
 > > 
 > > 
 > > 
  > 
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