radical vertical piano soft pedal regulation

[Cy Shuster]

I've got a Steinway F console that is currently adjusted so that the soft 
pedal evenly pulls all the keys down about 3mm.  The benefit is that lost 
motion is reduced; I don't really see a downside.  Is there any?

--Cy--
ABQ, NM

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Sivak" <tvaktvak at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: radical vertical piano soft pedal regulation


>I agree.  I haven't actually looked that closely at
> the bridle straps on this piano; as I mentioned in my
> original post, I just found the soft pedal adjusted
> this way.
>
> Fast repetition is not a problem on this piano, but  I
> would agree that it might be difficult to adjust the
> bridle straps to be tight enough to help with
> repetition when the soft pedal is not engaged, and yet
> loose enough to allow the soft pedal to be set in such
> an extreme manner.
>
> Works great on this piano, though.
>
> Tom Sivak
>
> --- paulrevenkojones at aol.com wrote:
>
>>
>>  Actually, it becomes questionable whether the
>> bridle strap will have any impact at all on
>> repetition being set so slack "to accommodate".
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net>
>> To: Pianotech List <pianotech at ptg.org>
>> Sent: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:37 pm
>> Subject: Re: radical vertical piano soft pedal
>> regulation
>>
>>
>>
>> > The keys do not drop if the bridle strap is
>> adjusted?
>>
>> > correctly. ?
>>
>> Substitute "to accommodate".?
>>
>> Ron N?