Pivoting hammer rest rail?

[Cy Shuster]

Thanks.  I wondered about that, but the una corda does shift the action.  I 
don't think the hammers move, too, but I'll look again.  I guess it could 
have been a standard design feature, installed even in grands that didn't 
use it.

--Cy--

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman@cox.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: Pivoting hammer rest rail?


>
>>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