---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I usually tell the customer that it's like a pitcher in a baseball game. If you do a wind-up and throw the ball, you can throw it very fast. If don't do a wind-up and just push the ball forward, you don't get the same force. The hammer gets more momentum when it starts farther away from the string. If the hammer is closer to the string (as it is when you press the pedal), it can't get as much momentum. If you show them what happens when you press the pedal, they usually understand it right away. I also explain that it is a very subtle effect, and contrast it with a grand action which "misses" a string when the pedal is pushed. Paul McCloud San Diego, ----- Original Message ----- From: Wayne Walker To: pianotech@ptg.org Sent: 11/17/2005 12:30:17 PM Subject: Upright soft pedal Upright soft pedal I had a customer complained that the left (soft) pedal did not work. I tried to explain the function of the pedal. When I told them they would not hear any difference in volume they thought it was odd the piano companies would put on a pedal that didn't do anything. You show the customer the hammers are moving closer to the string to proved that the pedal is doing something but sometime this is not enough. I'm interested to hear what the members of the list tell their customers. Wayne Walker Piano Tuner & Technician MUSICSTOP LTD 1005 Dow Rd, New Minas, NS B4N 3R4 Cell 902-221-1540 Fax 902-681-1463 wayne.w@musicstop.com www.musicstop.com I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 2275 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Try SPAMfighter for free now! -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.13.3/173 - Release Date: 11/16/05 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/cd/86/fe/95/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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