Sudden pedal click! HELP!

[Chanah Ambuter]

Hello all,

I was practicing today when, all of a sudden, my A-pedal started making a clicking noise. I’ve run through the following diagnostic checks:
– Only clicks from A-flat to A-natural. A-natural to A-sharp is silent
– Only clicks when moving the pedal sideways into the slot with moderate force. Moving the pedal up and down, or VERY gently into the slot, is silent.
– Clicks are somewhat sporadic — sometimes it does it, sometimes it doesn’t.
– None of the other pedals are clicking

See sound file here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1k89hmEUiCLwi1ZCocAy446tAbzxx7b9Y

My harp is 7 years old, and was just regulated a couple months ago.

Can anyone help? What could have caused it to JUST start clicking out of the blue mid-practice session?

Thanks,
Chanah

• This topic was modified 5 years, 7 months ago by Chanah Ambuter.

[Tacye]

Have you had a look in the base while moving the pedal to see if anything is touching?

The click I once had in the base was solved by a technician adjusting the bit of cloth packed into the bottom of the column.

[Gretchen Cover]

What harp are you playing? If you have a harp tech you use regularly, you could send the video to the tech. My harp did this once and it turned out the spring needed to be greased.

[paul-knoke]

Sounds to me like the spring is popping in some inappropriate direction and hitting the pedal bar or stud. Lay the harp down and take a look! A technician may be needed to adjust the spring stud.

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