[CAUT] seiler pedal

[Daniel Gurnee]

Pelican spring makes a fair spring but a poor pivot and can't cope with 
the stresses of that particular system, being welded to the lever and 
not easily substituted, make a solid pivot of wood or 1/8" x 1" strap 
iron to anchor to the bottom board and lift lightly at the lever as 
close to the spring curve as possible.
On Wednesday, April 18, 2007, at 11:18 PM, David Ilvedson wrote:

> I have a customer with a Seiler Studio, about 3 years old.   The 
> sustain pedal adjustment nut has to be turned up to the point the 
> dampers barely raise or the dampers are held off the strings.   The 
> problem comes from pedal lever is flexing or (probably) the pelican 
> spring is pushing down or giving too much.   Movement at the pedal 
> side of the lever hardly moves the other end of the lever with the 
> dowel.   Lever is square metal stock [] except  on its side instead of 
> an i-beam configuration.   The spring is welded to the lever.   The 
> owner is going to email Seiler.   The nearly exact configuration works 
> perfectly with the soft pedal and the mute pedal.   Those levers are 
> shorter though.   The sustain lever also doesn't seem to be in as 
> perfect alignment with the dowel as it could be.   I think it is 
> slightly tipped also...
>
> As I think through it, I'm wondering if the pelican spring is in the 
> spot on the lever.   Where that should be I don't know...Maybe the 
> pelican spring is not strong enough to resist the pedal movement?
>
>  
>
> David Ilvedson, RPT
> Pacifica, CA 94044
>
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