Thank you for sharing this simple solution! Now I don’t have to call the piano man! So relieved it was that simple.

two minutes of your video have saved me £80. Thank you very much!

This was incredibly helpful - thank you so much! Our piano tuner had just come and turned our piano (which is admittedly costly), so when I played and found that the damper wasn't working correctly, I was slightly mortified at the thought of having to pay more money for him to come back, just to fix the damper pedal. I did my fair amount of research, but your video was (by far) the most helpful.

Thank you thank you thank you! I fixed my great great grandmother's piano with your help! I so appreciate you for sharing your skills and abilities.

Our pedal broke and I found your video and we fixed it in no time. Thank you for saving the time and money.

Thank you Howard. I could press my pedal all the way and only at the very bottom it moved the dampers. Now iit at the quarter inch 👌

Thank you very much, I was afraid something was very wrong to the point where I couldn’t fix it. Turns out this was all I had to do! Thank you.

I purchased my first piano a few days ago, your channel has helped me tremendously. Thank you

It's extremely important to ensure that the dumper pedal's "dead zone" is really just a quarter of inch or so. I made a mistake and adjusted it larger thinking that it will be easier to press this way-the result is that the dampers didn't lift much away from the strings when the pedal is pressed fully which made the sound much less open (and quiter) when playing with the full pedal (no more such a thunderous bass, much less impressive sound overall). Also, good half-pedaling techniques require that the distance is proper.

So grateful for the clarity and simplicity of this video. My damper pedal has worked inconsistently for about a year, and I had no idea how to fix it or what the problem was. Today, I did an online search, found your video, and fixed the issue in less than a minute. Bless you for posting!

Thank you so much for the instruction. This is incredibly helpful. We have had this problem for almost half a year. I google it and found your video, just fix the damper pedal and the music sounds much better with pedal on.

Omg thank you so much this really helped me to be honest im afraid of doing something on my piano because im afraid of destroy something but this tip was so helpful!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻✨

Thank you so much!!

i know how to tune my piano and i can help some friends to do the same!thanks howard,u r my theather!

Finally! Now I can fix my piano pedal myself! (p.s. I kinda felt dumbfounded because the method was so simple... Like when you were looking for something and it was in your pocket for the whole time.) Thank you very much!

IT WORKED!!! it was really that simple and now my piano is perfect!!! i owe you one ( subbed and liked!!)

Thanks! Very helpfully

Thanks for the video, much appreciated. My pedal (on a 132cm upright with full Renner action, which is only 7 months old) was making a clicking noise, which the technician sorted by adjusting as you have in the video. However, since then depressing the sustain pedal causes a metallic sound which appears to be from the springs in many of the damper level notches. The sound is far worse with the lid open. I was told it was because the dampers are now moving too far from the strings. Playing the notes individually without the sustain pedal gives a similar sound on most notes, but obviously is far less noticeable. I have put a block under the sustain pedal to limit movement of the dampers, but surely this should not be necessary. How can the sound be stopped? Thanks.

Thank you very much for your posting! My peddle is fixed now!! :D

Thanks for the good video, I think you're right, I suspect probably the treble section damper rod hook must be slightly bent. Since its not really causing any problems I'll leave it alone for now, if I pulled the rod out, and tried to straighten the hook out a little bit, it'd probably be risking breaking off that hook, but looks like from that video would be a simple job to fix since it would already be out of the piano. Looks like most of the work involved is pulling the action out and putting it back in.

yes!

Could you do a video that shows how to change the felts at the pedals? Thanks

thankyou very much for this how to video becos it enabled me to do it myself

I use my middle pedal as a silencers, so I keep it down the whole time while playing music, will it damage my piano?

I am a beginning piano player (at age 64) and am really enjoying it. I haven't even gotten to pedals yet, but just the other day when I started to play the notes keep going. It is like I am pressing a sustain pedal but i am not. Very hard to practice when the notes keep going. I figure it must be some pedal problem, but not sure why it is doing it. Does it seem like something I might be able to fix.

Can I adjust tge damper in a way when I bottom out, it has More of a half pedal feel, and is there a way to lock out tgd soft pedal so I don't have to hold it down for a whole song if needed.

Thank you for this nice video.I have A piano that I almost used it for a decade. And recently，When I press the extension pedal, It squeak and it is very noisy. Can this be repaired? It's so hard to find people to fix it in such A special time.

Hey Stephen How's about doin a similar video for grand piano pedals? I've got a Yamaha G2 whose pedals aren't adjusted right and would like to see how to adjust these on grands, be very helpful Cheers

My pedal squeaks because I found that the trapwork is metal and rubs against the inside of the panel. I just learned how to remove the panel woohoo - but I am wondering if the little rod with the wingnut on it needs to be in the first hole or can I move it to the second hole in the wooden piece underneath? Since the bar is metal maybe I can straighten it. IDK. We're about to get a baby grand and I'd like to be able to sell the upright or donate it to the school district.

Thanks!

How do you remove and reattach grand piano pedals? Is there a video for that? Please help! Thank you!

Thanks for the video. My sustain pedal is making a very loud 'clicking' noise when it is released. How should I fix this? I want to get a piano tuner to come and fix but during this covid period, my family is against me hiring one, so any help to help me fix this pedal would be appreciated! The clicking sound is quite consistent, it can be heard in the 'la la land' video in my channel if you want to see what I mean.. Thanks for your help in advance.

I guess I shouldn't have just tightened that wing nut without knowing what I was doing first. I wondered why the dampers weren't stopping the sound and I had lots of ringing going on. I guess I go back down under and fix that right now.

Hi! I cant find any video on another sustain pedal issue which seems to appear frequently on both new and old pianos. When I press the sustain pedal many keys are not returning in time after being pressed. They kind of stay in pressed position much longer and because of that they can not be played repeatedly. What might be the cure to that?

well done

im glad I didnt have to pay a guy 200$ to do it for me XD thanks man!!

I have a question about my piano. If I watch the dampers and slowly press down the sustain pedal, the bass dampers seem to lift off the strings earlier and more than the treble section. There is no discernable sudden change from one end to the other, its quite uniform, but lets say for example the highest damped note the damper only lifts off the strings maybe an 1/8th of an inch, and the A0 damper lifts off a full 1/4 inch or more. The sustain pedal actuates a rod that goes up to a metal bar at the bottom of the action. What's causing this uneven lift, and what are the things I need to check or do to adjust this so the dampers all lift evenly? The lost motion adjustment seems to be correct, and this isn't causing any problems (yet) in playing. I do see I'll probably have to replace or fix the pin in the pedal trapwork, as it's starting to get a little loose and sloppy. The piano is a studio size upright.

I have a Yamaha hybrid, how would I remove the piece to reveal these moving parts behind it ?

Thank you for your videos. Someone mentioned that her pedal was hard to press down. I have the same problem with my Yamaha upright. It takes all my strength to push the pedal down, and in the next day or two, I develop painful cramps in my leg from the effort. You mention that depending on the type of spring, it may be able to be adjusted. How would we do that adjustment? Is the spring near the screw or up high where it's hard to see? I don't see one near the screw. Would turning the screw have no effect on the tension of the pedal?

Hi for some reason one of the keys in my piano are not properly sustained when i press down the damper pedal. Any idea how i can fix this without calling the technician?

Thanks for your great video! Does a grand piano sustain pedal work the same way in terms of adjustment? My brand new Yamaha grand piano produces a lot of thumping noise during pedaling, and it seems impossible to soften, as the physical "travel or depth of the pedal seems very shallow, so that that when I release the pedal, especially in fast pedalling, I get loud thumping. I did not experience this with my previous grand... any advice would be much appreciated

I have a slightly different issue. Hope you can help. When I depress the damper pedal, the metal bracket attached to the bottom of the piano and supporting the wooden rod sways a bit back-and-forth. It looks like the same kind not bracket on this piano. Can I adjust back a couple of holes the metal rod connecting the pedal to the wooden rod? I think it solve the problem (or help). I assume that can be done, given the number of holes in the pedal. But how do I do it? Any advice you can give would be great. The previous owner just shoved in a block of wood but I'd rather fix it. Thanks

My Sustenuto Pedal won't come back up. My brother recently had a bible study with a couple of his friends and they were playing the piano a lot. I come back the next day to practice and the middle pedal won't come back up. It just stays down and I don't know what to do. Any info?

My piano's pedal is very hard to depress. How can I fix it?

Sounds like I need to turn my square nut counterclockwise (dampers not stopping some of the strings). Problem is - the square nut is stuck in a square groove on the long wooden lever... how do I turn it??

I'm trying to adjust the damper on a Baldwin baby grand. There are no thumbscrews, the pedal just lifts the rod. It looks like the only way to adjust is to add a felt punching to the top of the damper rod. Is that correct?

Hey! I have a question… so I’m trying to fix my own pedal, the bottom part of it is fine, but the row isn’t moving do you by any chance know the cause? It’s in the upper section where the hammer-like metal thing moves up and down.

Everything is echoing on my piano. Please help

Helpful video. I have an old Heintzman upright (about 1936 I think). The damper pedal works on all the notes except for two. When I look inside, the lift movement of the dampers is nowhere near what your video shows and yet the damper pedal works fine in general. Also, the adjustment isn't a wing nut, it's a flat square nut and it's set inside a narrow squared off groove so there's no way to turn it. I'm wondering if the adjustment is made elsewhere? Anyway, my real question is how to adjust the damper on two individual notes? Thanks.

HELP, a few of my dampers aren’t moving enough, and aren’t with the rest of the other dampers, how do I fix it!!!!!!

When I turn the bolt there is no diference. I feels like the hole where metal rod connecting the pedal and the wood one got rusty and stuck on its place and the adjustment can't happen. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Hi! My piano makes this “zing” on some notes even without the damper pedal just by playing the notes. And its even noticeable when i play and use the damper pedal. What causes this? I’ve read that you need to pull out the action and file the damper felts? How do I do this? Any videos you might have or recommend?

My Yamaha's (electrical upright) damper pedal suddenly broke and won't sustain notes anymore. There's nothing on Google about it I'm stressedddddd

Will this also cause the dampers to stay on the strings when the keys are pressed. I’m trying to help fix a friends piano, and we can’t get most of the notes to resonate at all. Hammers just hit the muted strings and make clunk sounds. Any help is greatly appreciated.

My sustain pedal works but sometimes when I play too fast or I hold cords some of the notes won’t hold but then when I play them normally they hold. Do you know what the problem might be?

What would cause a pedal to stick?

What is the mark and model of this piano?

My damper pedal is very noisy and squeaky! How do I fix that? (Do I oil it?)

how do i get rid of the squeaking noise from my damper pedal?

Hopefully you get to see this comment, I’m trying to solve an issue with ringing of the strings and after some Reddit posts I decided to look here on KZfaq, I have this issue where my suspicion is that my piano dampers are not pressing hard enough as you commented on this video, kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fZ1hhcpykp-Ug6c.html this is a video I posted on Reddit but hopefully by hearing what I describe I would have some luck on having this repaired. Thanks SO much for your videos btw, I’ve been learning more about this lovely instrument that brings so much joy to me .

Where is the video teaching how to make all the dampers lift at the same time?

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boo I broke my piano

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