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<DIV>First, thanks for your suggestion of the "doing the right thing" which I
will begin tomorrow. The piano is my own SD-10 and I will take no
shortcuts to keep it as close to perfect as possible. I had already read
most of what was available in the archives and just wondered why I couldn't find
the tool. Also thanks to Joe Goss about using goosejuice which I will
probably try but not on this piano. Relative to the issue
of damper lift, I find that too little damper travel makes "flutter
pedaling" difficult at best simply because our feet don't enjoy the fine motor
skills that our fingers/hands have. (vis a vis pianissimo playing)
True, this technique is used most in romantic and post-romantic works but when
necessary it produces a beautiful result not otherwise attainable. Setting
the damper lift at not less than 7 mm allows for this, even tho the spec is
7/8" which is enough to drive a truck under.</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>