First the one at work – the piano company informed me that the electric  part was added after the purchase, so tomorrow I try to track down someone at the company that made that part and see if they can recommend a service person in our area.

On our piano – turns out that in the fiasco of the last move, with the leg having to be cut off, etc. some screw heads came loose and lodged themselves, along with multiple paper clips, under a wooden piece that is somehow related to the damper pedal. But it isn’t the damper pedal that is the problem – it is the middle pedal. It has a rod that runs along on top of the damper pedal rod and the damper pedal rod is elevated because of this wooden piece that was bowed upwards because of the stuff stuck under it. The thought is that now that the stuff is all out, the wood will begin to relax into place and we can further tighten it down every few days, until the pedals work properly again. I’ll admit, it is somewhat better. Good enough that I can practice, although there is still a constant note in the background, because of one string in particular vibrating all the time, because the damper is not firmly down on it. I’m hopeful that it will eventually correct itself and we will save considerable expense of getting it fixed.