<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 1/26/2006 6:08:42 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, richard.ucci@att.net 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>List,</DIV> <DIV>Help me out here. New Wurly 5' grand. Several dampers in tenor section are getting hung up. When offending key is played without using sustain pedal -no problem.</DIV> <DIV>Depress pedal by itself and damper does not return to rest on strings= . Sostenuto pedal is working correctly , can't determime if the tab is brush= ing against it or not,  have pulled damper out and lubed rail bushing, flanges do not seem to be slow. I can't recall if they are weighted .</DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Going back next week and could use some of your collective brilliance.</DIV> <DIV>Thanks,</DIV> <DIV>RU/UP</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV>Richard,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Even though the sostenuto pedal is working correctly, I suspect interference from the sostenuto rail.  Check to make sure there is adeq= uate clearance in the rest position.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is the sustain pedal lifting the dampers too high?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Dave Stahl<BR><BR>Dave Stahl Piano Service<BR>650-224-3560<U><BR><A href="http://www.dstahlpiano.net/">http://dstahlpiano.net/</A></U></FONT><= /DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>