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 - Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated Lever Action Tone Generation Systems. - Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor - American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder
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