<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Verdana" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Oh man, you are about as close as you = can get without being exactly correct. I think you are so warm here that if you = were at the piano you would have it nailed within seconds. Dave, I think you = need to get credit for solving the problem!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought of your suggestion and = checked it out. It appeared that the shift lever poked up from the top of the keybed an = appropriate height so that it should contact the keybed just fine. So it wasn't that = it was too low.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So the next thing I tried was to pull = the keyframe out toward the pianist an inch or two. When you had the keyframe out to = the front edge of the keybed, everything worked just fine: push pedal down = and keyframe slides over to the right in the normal manner.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Obviously, having the keyframe hanging = off the front edge of the keybed is not too great - strikepoints and all that. = So, the real trouble then was to figure out how to move the plate forward = that inch or two.......... okay, just kidding.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I noticed that the hole that the = una-corda lever goes through in the keybed was not round like most - it was oval and a = couple inches long. I crawled under the piano again to see what was going on. = And there I saw it. Of course, the una-corda lever is very close to the metal case = for the player system under the keybed. I saw two abandoned screw holes and inch = away from the screws that were holding the brackets for the una-corda lever = in place.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Apparently the installer of the = Pianomation player system moved the una-corda pedal an inch forward to clear the player = system box. In that position, the lever does not engage the keyframe. And either the = dude (or dudette) just forgot to try the pedal to see if it worked or took a = shortcut and hoped the player wouldn't use the pedal.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So now she wants it fixed. My thought = is to rout out a small area of partial thickness (maybe a quarter inch or = so) on bottom of the middle board of the keyframe (the one that has the center = rail mounted on it - the rear rail is already routed out for the place where = the una-corda pedal used to engage the keyframe. Then install a hunk of hard = maple that would run from the middle board to the rear board on the keyframe. = Keep the maple hunk maybe a half-inch thick or so - keep it flush with the bottom = of the other two keyframe boards (not too high, not too low). Position it = correctly so that the una-corda lever will engage it, put a strip of leather on the = correct edge, charge the owner a handsome but fair fee (couple hundred bucks), = and then smile when she praises the wonderful job I did (and then smile again = when I cash her check).</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Or is there a better fix for = this?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Off for my Saturday morning 60-mile = hurricane bike ride! That long eastern leg should be fun with 30 mph winds out of the = east predicted!</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Piannaman@aol.com href="mailto:Piannaman@aol.com">Piannaman@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV><FONT = id=role_document face=Verdana color=#000000 size=3> <DIV> <DIV>A wild guess, based on a previous frustrating experience.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The shift lever is not contacting with the = keyframe at alll because the blocks that hold it in place on the bottom of the = piano sit too far above (below, really) the surface to which they are attached, = which puts the keyframe out of reach.  Installers of disc systems = sometimes do funny things to get pedals out of the way of various contraptions down = there.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave S.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 8/26/05 6:07:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite"><FONT = size=2>Okay, here is my first (and likely lame) contribution to the daily mystery question.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>About 1980 Kawai = KG-2S - about 5' 10" - very good to excellent condition. Lady bought it = used one year ago (she paid $3,500 for it - perfect satin cherry case - = she got a great deal!). During that first year she had a QRS Pianomation = player system installed on the piano. We had set up a service = appointment for cleaning the interior, tuning and looking at a "loose" pedal.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>The left (una-corda) = pedal was just hanging down. I crawled under piano to check levers, etc. Everything with the una-corda under the keybed appeared to be functioning just fine. Adjustment appears good (in that, when = the pedal travels down, the lever moves sideways in the keybed). However, = when you depress the left pedal the action frame did not slide over to = the right. The keyframe was resting on the left felted keyframe stop. The = action slid in and out easily. It was as if the una-corda lever system = was not hooked up to the action frame.<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT = size=2>What was the cause of the non-functioning una-corda pedal?<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>(This is probably too = easy - however, it did take me a good 10 or 15 minutes to fully figure = it out.)<BR></FONT> <BR><FONT size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>