What would Steinway do

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Inre Hamburg/New York pianos, Allen writes:

<< Another larger difference is in the lyre and pedals,  
which are completely different, without the locking plate and  
continuous pin. The list goes on and on.. >>

     Just for the record, I love the Steinway pedal box set-up.  I have never 
seen another system that could be set up to be both as sensitive and trouble 
free as possible, as well as easy to access and work on.  I haven't seen any 
other system that could survive the stage treatment encountered here at the 
school.  I carry a spare damper pedal in the tool kit because when the ones on 
the stage get bent 1/4" or more lower than the others, I start to pay attention 
to changing it.  Shift pedals are durable, (there can be some crushing of the 
keyframe contact point if it isn't reinforced.  I have pieces of ebony 
endgrain , inlet into the stage piano keyframes after the original wood was crushed 
into pulp.) 
            I understand this venue is an extreme example, the point is, that 
the pedal can simply be replaced in a system that is solid enough to justify 
it as just another non-durable part.  It is heavier than it needs to be, and 
that is the way I like it.  
Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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