puzzler: vertical damper pedal problem

[Greg Newell]

At 03:42 PM 1/16/2007, you wrote:


>>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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>Ron N


Or at least not without knowing what he's seen before, eh?

:-)

Greg Newell