Hi Karen, She must really be pouncing on that soft pedal. The soft pedal is not supposed to be a catapult. Get her to go slower on the downtravel. James Grebe R.P.T. of the P.T.G. from St. Louis pianoman@inlink.com "I'm on my way towards the mighty light of knowledge". ---------- > From: Kgj38@aol.com > To: pianotech@ptg.org > Subject: Soft pedal > Date: Sunday, February 15, 1998 10:34 AM > > As I was sitting in church this morning, listening to the prelude, the pianist > comes up to me and asks me to look at the piano after the service, because > there was something wrong with the soft pedal. > > She is a rather vigorous player and when she would depress the soft pedal, the > hammers would fly up, striking the strings with some force, instead of just > lessening the hammer strike distance. > > The piano is a Baldwin console, not sure of the age, in pretty good repair. > When I depressed the pedal, the hammers didn't fly up. I had to push pretty > hard to get it to do that for me. I tried tightening and then loosening the > wingnut down on the pedal assembly, with no discernible effect either way. > > Any ideas? > > Karen Johnson > Rochester, MN
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