Et Al; Good answers one and all.....but none were exactly right and Brian was the closest with... <<"If the kick board was pushed in farther than it was supposed to be, I could see how that may cause a problem with something rubbing against it, and subsequently against something else, but it seems that something that blatant would have been making obnoxious noises, and not a particularly difficult one to see.">> The answer is::::::: the kick board/kneeboard/bottom board was not installed properly. .............................This model Kimball was one where the bottom board had a kerf machined in the bottom edge and the pedal board had a matching slot, or rabet, machined in the middle of the top edge. In this fashion when the bottom board is installed correctly the board sticks out aprox 1/4 to 3/8 inch at the pedal board. In this case the Bottom board 'kerf' had jumped out of the pedal board slot and set down behind the pedal board but..........was covering the slot in the pedal board. For all intents and purposes, 'visually', this board was installed correctly. The bottom board was wedged in that position by the soft pedal and the soft pedal was pushed against the bass sutain pedal. Both pedals operated just fine going down, and made no noise!!, but both were verrry slow in coming back up. After checking for damage I put the Bottom board in properly and everything was OK...........but the first four things I thought of (all were mentioned) were flat wrong. :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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