Stupid Things

[Paul Chick]

Carol
I did the same thing with a Kimball console early 80's vintage. Now I always
check the pedal action as part of an inspection.
Paul Chick
-----Original Message-----
From: Carol R. Beigel <carolb@earthlink.net>
To: pianotech@ptg.org <pianotech@ptg.org>
Date: Friday, August 06, 1999 7:32 AM
Subject: Re: Stupid Things


>Back in the days when I first started doing service calls, I went to tune
an
>upright piano and discovered the touch was way too loose.  It didn't dawn
on
>me that the reason the lady called me in the first place, was that her
>grandchildren had been "horsing around" the piano, and somehow, it didn't
>seem right after their visit.  Since there was so much lost motion, I took
>the keys out of the piano to adjust the capstans.  After much hard work, I
>finally had the touch where I wanted it.  THEN, I noticed the hammer rail
>was about a half inch forward of where it should have been!  Turned out the
>grandkids had been playing with the pedals, and the soft pedal dowel pin
was
>sitting NEXT to the hole in the trap lever, not thru it!  Taught me to
check
>the pedals FIRST before doing any action adjustments!
>
>Carol Beigel, RPT
>Greenbelt, Maryland
>
>