>I worked on the action of a 1923 Ellington grand last week. The hammer >rest rail was supported by brass rods at the action brackets, with felt >bushings that allowed the rail to pivot upwards through roughly 90 >degrees. What's that for (besides making it easier to access the wippens)? > >--Cy Shuster-- That's the soft pedal. It was common in players, rather than an action shift, and showed up in some other pianos that never had a player in them. I had an old Bradbury grand with this kind of arrangement, with a lost motion compensator built in to the wippen. Ron N
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