<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.71.1712.3"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I service a  12 year old = Steinway M at a local church.    The complaint is that the damper pedal = is too "heavy",  or hard to depress.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>The piano player thinks it has = become more resistant  with time, especially in the last month or two.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I've removed the action to check the = damper tray which moves freely; the dowel through the key bed is not rubbing; = removing the metal rod lets the pedal drop freely; with the metal rod removed the = wooden lever under the bed also drops freely.  I even removed the coil = spring that sits between the  wooden lever and the bed, which didn't make = enough difference to satisfy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Any suggestions on how to lighten = the pedal feel would be appreciated.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Thanks.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Don Price</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2><A href="mailto:dcp@sosinc.net">dcp@sosinc.net</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HT= ML>