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<DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial>The left pedal hanging down would suggest a =
broken
"pedal axle' or related bushing.</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Nope. You're not even warm.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><EM><FONT face=Arial>...wood broken away in the keyframe where =
the
una-chorda lever is supposed to engage.</FONT></EM></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>That ocurred to me also. I checked that and the =
underside
of the keyframe appears all original and in excellent condition. There =
is a hard
maple insert with a leather pad where the una-corda level should =
contact. All
appears well with the keyframe.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>But like Alan Barnard, you are in the right =
ballpark, but
this is not the correct answer.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT size=3>----- Original =
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Rebeca Anderson</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV>The left pedal hanging =
down would
suggest a broken "pedal axle' or related bushing. The other =
possibility
that comes to mind is wood broken away in the keyframe where the =
una-chorda
lever is supposed to engage. <BR><BR>Close?<BR><BR>Andrew<BR>At =
06:31 PM
8/26/2005, you wrote:<BR>
<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><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>