Pivoting hammer rest rail?

Conrad Hoffsommer hoffsoco@martin.luther.edu
Sat, 16 Oct 2004 16:37:32 -0500


At 17:24 10/16/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Sorry...  I meant to say the una corda shifts the action, but I don't know 
>if it also lifts the hammer rest rail (moving the hammers towards the strings).
>
>Say, aren't grand hammershanks not supposed to touch the rest rail, 
>anyway? (About a shank's diameter above?)
>
>--Cy--


Cy,

There's theory, and then there's practice.

If you've got a grand with a movethehammersclosertothestringslikeanupright 
soft pedal, (I've got a Mehlin with that feature) the hammershanks HAVE to 
rest on the rail - at least when the pedal is in use.






Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS, CRS.
Decorah, IA

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