Instrument:
-1968 vintage Baldwin SD10 in recital hall.
Complaint:
-Pedals heavy, and una corda feels "wierd".
Heavy pedals were known to me and over the years I'd replaced coil
springs with the lighter ones available. Still were heavy.
This is the first time anyone had ever complained about it, however.
Repositioned damper lever spring to other side of pitman.
Definite improvement.
Repositioned sostenudo spring >halfway toward pivot.
Definite improvement.
Shift is very sluggish and spongy. Immediately suspected cheekblocks and
loosened screws to check.
No effect.
What was it?
Conrad Hoffsommer Office - (319) 387-1204
Luther College Music Dept Fax - (319) 387-1076
700 College Drive hoffsoco@luther.edu
Decorah, Iowa 52101-1045
Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) of
Digitally Activated Biopowered Tone Generation Systems
"If you have to plug it in, or you can't watch how it works,
I don't work on it."
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