You can try repositioning the trap on the spring. Loosen the two screws at the bottom board to see if it can be moved around slightly. And/or adjust the two screws on the underside of the trap. You can certainly try moving the bolt to a different hole. I'm not opposed to grabbing a knife and carving stuff. Especially if it's a Kimball spinet. :-) -- John Formsma, RPT Blue Mountain, MS On Wed, Dec 5, 2012 at 7:08 PM, Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05 at hotmail.com>wrote: > Hi Everone, > I also tuned a Kimball spinet today probably the same age or not much > newer. The owner had it for 40 years, so maybe newer. I noticed the lost > motion was way out of whack. While tuning I figured out that the soft pedal > was out of adjustment, hammer rest rail was too far forward. I decided to > check the soft pedal adjustment and when I took off the bottom panel, the > problem, well most of it as it sure could use a regulation blubbering > hammers a few etc. Something I'm guessing the trap lever is rubbing > against the bottom board when the board is reinstalled. She said that she > never uses that pedal but I'm one that believes everything should work like > it should or at least try to make it work like it should. I'm thinking > I'll do one of two things the next time I visit this piano. I'm thinking I > can take the long bold and move it from it's original hole in the pedal to > the one behind it. Perhaps this will move the lever slightly so it won't > grab the bottom board. Or I could try sanding the board in the area where > it's being rubbed. I can see a spot that's a little worn from whatever is > rubbing. I doubt it's the bold and wing nut. I also thought of sanding the > lever. I did locate the missing nut that allows the screw to tighten into > the pedal spring. That did eleviate most of the wabble in the lever > it'self, but it's still rubbing. I think I'm on the right track with the > first idea. Any thoughts in case I'm missing anything? Thanks, and I did > tell her to call if she wanted me to come sooner to work on that pedal. > Thanks > Marshall > 215-510-9400 > http://www.phillytuner.com > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20121205/c8456114/attachment.htm>
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