Piano quiz - wazzit for?

[Dave Nereson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Conrad Hoffsommer" <hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2004 10:16 AM
Subject: Piano quiz - wazzit for?


> Folks,
>
> I was just doing some repair to the pedals of a 1915 Mason & Hamlin "A".
>
> As I replaced the pedal rods, I noticed something (actually a couple
> somethings) I hadn't before.
>
> 1 - About 4" from one end of each was a small hole (~1mm).
> 2 - The rods are definitely designed to only be installed in one
direction.
> One end is flat, the other slightly rounded.
>
> The rods have been in the same orientation since before I got here in
1981,
> and since the pedals had never given me trouble before, I'd never had to
> remove the rods - even to move the piano.  It appears that they have been
> upside-down all that time.
  . . . . . .

> What were the holes for?

    I don't know if M&H did, but some pianos had the pedal rods pinned to
the pedals.  Boy, and when the holes get enlarged from wear, they can really
be clanking noisemakers.   --David Nereson, RPT
>

> Conrad Hoffsommer - Music Technician
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