<!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 5.50.4611.1300" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Here's what you do...adjust the pedal so you only get some damper lift at the very bottom of stroke.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>David I.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********<BR><BR>On 3/3/01 at 11:31 AM Wimblees@AOL.COM wrote:</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>In a message dated 3/2/01 8:40:03 PM Central Standard Time, <BR>Yardarm103669107@AOL.COM writes: <BR><BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px" TYPE="CITE">Willem: <BR>Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think most pianists totally lift their <BR>foot from the pedal at modulation. Generally, there is slack in the sustain <BR>pedal (about 1/8") to allow the foot to rest on the pedal before the dowel <BR>begins to lift the tray, or in the case of an upright, before the rod lifts <BR>the lifter bar under the dampers. Does this sound right, or did I misread <BR>your note? <BR>Paul R-J <BR><XMP></XMP></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0f0f0f size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR></FONT></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>This lady pushed her foot down, and kept it there. She even commented that <BR>she had never lifted her foot during playing for as long as she had been <BR>playing. That is why it was hard for me to tell her she'd been doing it wrong <BR>for 80 years. <BR><BR>Willem </FONT><FONT size=2 Arial></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>