Today's Puzzler

[Greg Newell]

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Phil,
         Could the installer have put a hard chunk of something like hammer 
felt under the front of the pedal to limit it's downward travel?

Greg Newell



At 06:21 PM 2/5/2003, you wrote:

>..and it has not been resolved.
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>..so please put on your thinking caps.
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>Boston GP 178 w/PianoDisc.
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>The 'concern' for the customer was the fact that the Damper Pedal felt like
>it was hitting the floor. The pedal is doing its job, but I know exactly
>what she's saying.."it feels like it's hitting the floor." I take a look
>underneath and notice a stop for the pedal rod.."no problem, maam". .. that
>wasn't it, and I had to remove the pedal lyre and the trap work support for
>the Sostento pedal to access that capstan. grrrrrrrrrrrrr.
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>..move to the Upstop rail - no sir, the dampers don't quite reach the upstop
>rail.
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>..move to the Pedal Solenoid. Now, I know enough about Pedal Solenoids to
>know that once they're set, you don't want to mess too much with any
>adjustments, but I'm starting to scratch my increasingly rabidly balding
>head with this one already..and the Solenoid wasn't the problem.
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>The one thing I did notice was when I put a spring on the Damper Tray, the
>tray dropped down about 4 mils..just about the amount I want to gain from
>this pedal..and of course there's the issue of 60+ Damper capstan adjustment
>screws to turn down.
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>Did I miss something?
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>-Phil Bondi (Fl.)
>phil@philbondi.com
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Greg Newell
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