<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2668" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>What are typical uses for the left pedal in grands that don't have a shifting keyframe?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm rebuilding a messed up lyre for a 1922 Winton grand. Among other problems, the piton dowels were lost in a move and I can't figure out what the left pedal does. The right is full sustain, the center is bass-only sustain. But the left looks like it pushes a dowel up under the keys, behind the center rail. Since there is no una corda, the keyframe is screwed down to the bed. Could there be a lifting rod under the back part of the keys to raise the keys, whippens, and hammers slightly in a sort of "soft pedal" mechanism like an upright?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Alan Barnard</DIV> <DIV>Salem, Missouri</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The mob was going to rub out Marcel Marceau but decided not to becasue a mime is a terrible thing to waste.</DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>