Today's Puzzler

[Dave Bunch]

A couple of questions.

If you remove the bottom of the pedal rod from the pedal and push the rod up
by hand, does it clunk?

When it clunks, what is clunking? What is actually limiting the travel?

Dave Bunch
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Bondi" <tito@philbondi.com>
To: "Newtonville" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 3:54 AM
Subject: Re: Today's Puzzler


> >          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?
> >
> No Greg..good thought though.
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> Remember..when I put a spring on the damper tray, I gained the 4 mil I was
> looking for, but then came the problem with the 60+ capstans, and I didn't
> have the time to do that today.
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> Is that the only option you can see, from my description(add a spring and
> regulate from there)? The only problem I see with this is that if I do
> that(dealer would have to approve the work..they just moved it here from
> Minnesota), there is STILL the possibility that the 'clunk' will be there,
> because I do believe it is bottoming out in the pedal lyre.
>
> Obviously what I think I need is to gain the 4 mil when the pedal is at
> rest, and I get that by adding the spring....but...
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> I honestly was hoping to hear from someone with Boston experience(Mr.
> Farrell) and/or PianoDisc..Heard from Dave Bunch(Hi pal!) whose PianoDisc
> experience is vast, but this might be a combination PD/Boston design
> issue..I'm not really sure. I do know that I am:
>
> losing more hair,
>
> -Phil Bondi (Fl.)
> phil@philbondi.com
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