Barb, It's safer to remove the trap spring than to remove the tray spring. All you can do is try it, and see if that particular piano still works. The tray spring is there to overcome the combined force of all the individual underlever springs - if it's not strong enough, you will not get good damping. You may be able to substitute a weaker tray spring - my local hardware store carries a coil spring the same length and diameter as the S&S, but with smaller wire diameter, which I have used. Mike On 11/11/2010 1:21 PM, Barbara Richmond wrote: > Hi.. > > The elderly gentleman with the rebuilt S&S M called to say he thinks > the damper pedal is too hard to push down. I haven't had a look yet. > I'll check the pedal timing and take the trap lever spring and stomp > on it if I have to. Did I read on a list that sometimes techs just > remove the trap lever spring (if the system will work without it)? > > Thanks, > > Barbara Richmond, RPT > near Peoria, Illinois
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