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<DIV>This may be a case similar to the recent thread about someone not =
liking
her new Charles Walter upright, and wanting her old Baldwin spinet back =
- "it
doesn't work like it used to". If Roger Jolly's good recommendation
does not pan out, it may be the case that the damper pedal for many =
years
was adjusted so that you had to press it all the way down for the =
dampers to
just lift a little (she did say that her old tuner did something wrong - =
implying that the piano worked OK before he/she replaced damper felt). =
After
damper felt replacement, the old tech adjusted the pedal which not =
requires full
lifting of foot to stop sustain where previously she only had to lift a =
tiny
little tad with her tippy toes - a very different motion indeed. She may =
have
been lifting to stop sustain, without really even realizing it. Now that =
her
whole leg has to move - like all the way back to her hip joint, she =
doesn't like
it.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>What someone else suggested may work. Adjust trapwork so that there =
is LOTS
of play - dampers barely lift upon full pedal depression. Make sure =
dampers seat
with just a slight movement of foot. Maybe this will make it just like
before.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Of course, maybe it is the buzzing from the old dampers she
misses..................</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Terry Farrell<BR>Piano Tuning & Service<BR>Tampa, Florida<BR><A =
href="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A></DI=
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A href="mailto:Wimblees@AOL.COM" =
title=Wimblees@AOL.COM>Wimblees@AOL.COM</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
href="mailto:Pianotech@ptg.org"
title=Pianotech@ptg.org>Pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 01, 2001 =
10:06
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> What do you tell a 90 =
year old
lady....</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>.... who =
insists the
pedals aren't working right? <BR><BR>Situation. Lady approaches me at =
church
and tells me her last tuner did <BR>something wrong to her pedals. I =
got there
today. It's a Acrosonic, and the <BR>last tuner put on new bass =
dampers. When
she played, she kept her foot on the <BR>sustain pedal, and then =
complained
that the bass notes kept ringing. For a 90 <BR>year old, she is pretty =
alert,
and played half way decent. When I played, I <BR>used the pedal like =
you're
supposed to, lifting my foot when the chord would <BR>change. She =
looked at me
and said, "I have been playing for a long time, and <BR>I never lift =
my foot
like you do. I just kept it down all the time. That is <BR>the way I =
have
always played. But now the piano just keeps on sounding. Why <BR>is =
that? What
is wrong with the piano?" I tried to convince her there is <BR>nothing =
wrong
with the piano. But how do you tell a 90 year old lady she <BR>doesn't =
know
how to pedal correctly? <BR><BR>Willem</FONT>
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