<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2919.6307" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>To the list</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Yesterday I went to tune a Yamaha Grand (G5) and the pianist that = came from France asked me to regulate the sustain pedal half way. I was surprised = because I never heard nothing about and he said to me that in Europe the = technicians regulate the sustain pedal in a special way in order of the pianist to = play Debussy.</DIV> <DIV>I would like to know how to do this.</DIV> <DIV>I suppose that this is impossible and that the pianist with rapid = movements of the pedal may obtain an special effect.</DIV> <DIV>Rogerio Cunha<BR>IC Member of the Piano Technicians Guild<BR>Rio de = Janeiro - Brazil</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>