<DIV>My reply is that the soft pedal on an upright is of little or no value dynamically, but is there to train the left foot of the pianist so that when they perform on a grand they have acquired the skill to use a "true" soft pedal.  Particularly on verticals where there is no "lost motion compensator" (almost ALL of 'em), in my mind the use of this pedal actually hinders control over dynamics via loss of control of the action thru excessive lost motion.  Still, the left foot does get trained...</DIV> <DIV>Mark Potter<BR><BR><B><I>Wayne Walker <wayne.w@musicstop.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><SPAN class=250202020-17112005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250202020-17112005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Upright soft pedal</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250202020-17112005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">I had a customer complained that the left (soft) pedal did not work. I tried to explain the function of the pedal. When I told them they would not hear any difference in volume they thought it was odd the piano companies would put on a pedal that didn't do anything. You show the customer the hammers are moving closer to the string to proved that the pedal is doing something but sometime this is not enough. I'm interested to hear what the members of the list tell their customers. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250202020-17112005><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=250202020-17112005> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Wayne Walker</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Piano Tuner & Technician</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">MUSICSTOP LTD</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">1005 Dow Rd, New Minas, NS</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">B4N 3R4</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Cell 902-221-1540</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS">Fax 902-681-1463</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><A href="mailto:wayne.w@musicstop.com">wayne.w@musicstop.com</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS"><A href="http://www.musicstop.com/">www.musicstop.com</A></FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV><BR> <HR> I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users.<BR>It has removed 2275 spam emails to date.<BR>Paying users do not have this message in their emails.<BR>Try <A href="http://www.spamfighter.com/Product_Info.asp?">SPAMfighter</A> for free now!<BR><BR> <P><FONT size=2>--<BR>No virus found in this outgoing message.<BR>Checked by AVG Free Edition.<BR>Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.3/173 - Release Date: 11/16/05<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>