Lar, I call that a "chaperone" pedal. It's only there to keep the others separated. Back in the 70's, I went to do a warranty service call for a middle pedal which didn't work. Turned out the customer was right. Kimball el cheapo PSO 37" spinet. Center pedal was just for show. It was not connected to anything, nor was it ever intended to be. Pianos have three pedals, right? The salesperson didn't have to explain why it only had two. That was also a model which didn't have bridle tapes, either - glad I didn't have to pull the action. Conrad Hoffsommer From: larryf at pacifier.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 22:43:22 -0800 Subject: [pianotech] middle pedal Father Aldo and I were strolling down the sidewalk together returning to the church when he asked me, “What DOES the middle pedal do anyway?” and to that I readily replied, “It keeps the other two pedals from arguing with each other.”. I had a serious look on my face for as long as I could keep it there and then said my usual schpeil about middle pedals, all of which you cats have covered nicely. He used my remark in the next Sunday’s service somehow. I’m not a church goer, and THAT church is 100 miles away. My phone lit up on Monday. I hadn’t heard from some of those people for such a long time and it was good to get reacquainted. So the middle pedal promotes social behavior. What’s there to fix?? Sheesh!! Lar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20101228/f9494ce7/attachment.htm>
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