Steinway Upright question

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

At 10:18 10/27/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>RPT Phil,
>
>
>That dapmer pedal can be a bear... ;-}
>also a good clue...
>
>Have the capstans created deep craters in the wippen cloth? For a piano of 
>1906 vintage t'would be a distinct possibility.
>
>If the key is free and the action is free, then the problem, IMMHO, would 
>be at the interface between the two.
>My 2¢.


Duh... also check the divots which the damper spoons have made - using the 
pedal takes them out of the equation.

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