radical vertical piano soft pedal regulation

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco at luther.edu
Tue Apr 1 09:18:45 MST 2008


paulrevenkojones at aol.com wrote:
>   Couldn't agree more. Much more specific language.
> 
> P

>  > Actually, it becomes questionable whether the bridle strap will have 
>  > any impact at all on repetition being set so slack "to accommodate". 
>  
> No argument there. I just think "to accommodate" is a more accurate 
> description of what you're setting bridle wires to than is "correctly". 
> Ron N 


When the bridle tape gets so slack that it ceases to aid repetition, the 
only function it would then serve would be to aid the technician in 
putting the action back into the piano by keeping the jacks in place 
under the butt. Butt..., even that is not guaranteed at that point.
DAMHIK
Arghh.

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