Good Advice, but still Nervous

[Farrell]

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  Sorry, but I had to loose the flag stuff.

  Regardless of what the piano "should do", the customer has expressed =
his/her preference for less movement of the hammer rail. I think you =
should likely attend to his/her expressed preferences.

  Two options: 1) Put a whole bunch of play in the soft pedal so that =
the hammer rail only goes so far in its travel; or 2) Move the spring in =
the trapwork (the spring in the bottom board for the wooden soft pedal =
lever) further away from the pedal - that way a full pedal travel will =
give the hammer rail a lesser travel.

  Terry Farrell

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Brian Doepke=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 7:50 PM
  Subject: Good Advice, but still Nervous


  I have a client who's Kimball Console piano hammer rail has too much =
travel when the soft pedal is fully depressed.  In other words, it gets =
too close to the strings, making the keys play very sloppily and =
inconsistent.

  I have received good advice from my mentor regarding how to limit the =
forward movement of the hammer rail, but I am still nervous on how to =
combat the problem and eliminate the excess travel.

  The customer has indicated that when the pedal is pushed down 1/2 way, =
she can play the piano with much better consistency...it feels better, =
not so sloppy.

  Does anyone have any suggestions for this situation?

  Thank you.

  Brian Doepke
  doepkeb@comcast.net=20

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