<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have 2 Steinway questions that have = been puzzling me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. I have seen some Steinway grands = with pedals that stick up about fifteen to twenty degrees above horizontal. I dismantled one to make sure it hadn't been bent and confirmed that the = pedal itself was straight.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is this intentional on Steinway's part? = Does it make the pedal seem stiffer to play?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. The Steinway manual shows = a black and white photo of a method of measuring key height to the underside of the key = covering. The book specifies measuring from the keybed, however it appears = that the measuring block is sitting on the bed where the keyslip sits. This is = about 1/8" lower than the keybed. Am I to assume that the intention is to measure = from the keyslip part of the bed?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>from Tim - tuning to stay = warm in Canada</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>  </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>