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... keep thinking out loud... but in the meantime:
What do most players do for the minor key? Combination of pedal and knee lever seems clunky. Iâ€™ve found the 7th string plus a and b pedals bu ...

Thanks to Ken Byng. The stop was not stopping the lever. It seems I don’t have that one-action minor chord after all. Damn.
Many thanks to all here for their efforts, much appreciated.

https://youtu.be/vwcQ8j5mvDk

If a picture paints a thousand words, how many does a video paint?

A little different. The lever lowering the G# to F# also has a further movement that raises the same string up a semitones if pushed further past the stop.
I need to do some more research, it seems.

My original post states that this is not a pedal/lever combo, just a lever. Or am I misunderstanding something? Will post a video when Iâ€™m back in the studio.

I can make the string lower a whole tone with the white nut. The green nut now raises it when I push through the feel stop, but the lower whole tone is now sharp again.

Thanks for your patience gentlemen: I need a little more of it:-) I've done what was suggested and then used the white nut to tune the string to Natural when both raise and lower functions are engaged ...

Iâ€™ve tried it a couple of times without success. When you say â€œdetuneâ€ do you mean slacken off the hex nylon nuts completely? Iâ€™ve emailed you at your site too: a Manual woul ...

and it didn't work:-(

I hate predictive text.

Thanks: that’s different to the Manila I have but much appreciated:-)

Ok, will do:-)

Thanks: there are two nylon hex bolts that are attached to the string: the upper one is green. I have tried adjusting them both but they affect each other so getting the whole time in tune the semiton ...

Hi all, I've searched for this but without success so hoping you can help me.
I have a Zumsteel Encore. The knee lever that puts the 6th string down a tone from G# to F# has a further action if you p ...

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Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jan 2019 3:48 pm Subject: Jon light...
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	... keep thinking out loud... but in the meantime: What do most players do for the minor key? Combination of pedal and knee lever seems clunky. Iâ€™ve found the 7th string plus a and b pedals bu ...
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jan 2019 11:53 am Subject: Solved...
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Thanks to Ken Byng. The stop was not stopping the lever. It seems I don’t have that one-action minor chord after all. Damn. Many thanks to all here for their efforts, much appreciated.
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jan 2019 8:21 am Subject: Here's a video...
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	https://youtu.be/vwcQ8j5mvDk If a picture paints a thousand words, how many does a video paint?
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jan 2019 7:13 am Subject: Thanks Doug, my Encire is...
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	A little different. The lever lowering the G# to F# also has a further movement that raises the same string up a semitones if pushed further past the stop. I need to do some more research, it seems.
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jan 2019 5:50 am Subject: Thanks Jon, but...
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	My original post states that this is not a pedal/lever combo, just a lever. Or am I misunderstanding something? Will post a video when Iâ€™m back in the studio.
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jan 2019 1:02 am Subject: OK: reset to...
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	I can make the string lower a whole tone with the white nut. The green nut now raises it when I push through the feel stop, but the lower whole tone is now sharp again.
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 15 Jan 2019 12:57 am Subject: close but no cigar just yet...
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Thanks for your patience gentlemen: I need a little more of it:-) I've done what was suggested and then used the white nut to tune the string to Natural when both raise and lower functions are engaged ...
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Jan 2019 1:53 pm Subject: Ok, thanks Doug...
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Iâ€™ve tried it a couple of times without success. When you say â€œdetuneâ€ do you mean slacken off the hex nylon nuts completely? Iâ€™ve emailed you at your site too: a Manual woul ...
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Jan 2019 12:48 pm Subject: Bob Tuttle,... just tried that...
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	and it didn't work:-(
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Jan 2019 12:28 pm Subject: Manual, not Manila...
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	I hate predictive text.
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Jan 2019 12:28 pm Subject: Thanks again
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Thanks: that’s different to the Manila I have but much appreciated:-)
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Jan 2019 12:19 pm Subject: Thanks
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Ok, will do:-)
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Jan 2019 12:11 pm Subject: Knee lever double action
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Thanks: there are two nylon hex bolts that are attached to the string: the upper one is green. I have tried adjusting them both but they affect each other so getting the whole time in tune the semiton ...
Topic: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Forum Section: Pedal Steel Posted: 14 Jan 2019 11:48 am Subject: 6th string knee lever with tow actions: how to tune it!
Jay Stapley Replies: 24 Views: 3864	Hi all, I've searched for this but without success so hoping you can help me. I have a Zumsteel Encore. The knee lever that puts the 6th string down a tone from G# to F# has a further action if you p ...