Alan, Without the leather, the lever will be in a slightly different position in the arc...as long as this does not cause the lever to climb up too high, and lift the frame...and as long as the pedal can be regulated to allow for the new 'free space'... The density of the frame wood, being contacted by the lever...can it handle the compression...probably...lube it up! Dan On Nov 19, 2008, at 11:46 AM, reggaepass at aol.com wrote: > Greetings List, > > Some pianos originally have leather where the shift lever contacts the > side of it's slot in the keyframe. Others do not. Is there any good > reason not to remove worn out keyframe-shift-lever-slot-leather > (sounds like I'm translating from German, don't it?), thereby > converting it to "bareback' style (a la Steinway and others)? > > Thanks, > > Alan Eder > > Traveling over the river or through the woods this holiday season? Get > the MapQuest Toolbar. Directions, Traffic, Gas Prices & More! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1439 bytes Desc: not available URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut_ptg.org/attachments/20081119/89ad58bc/attachment.bin>
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