Emmons Lashley LeGrande II - Half Stop

[Artur Nutz]

Howdy.
I am new in this forum, this is my first post.
After having played Lap Steel Guitar for 10 years I have purchased a very nice Emmons Lashley LeGrande II D10 from as far as I was told by the pre-owner 1994 or 1995 (ser# 1600L) here in Austria a few weeks ago. You can say that I am still a greenhorn to pedal steels. That's why I hope to get some information in this forum. In Europe pedal steels are very rare, so I think there's no one around here to help me out.

I have disassembled, cleaned, oiled and set up the whole instrument from the ground up. Playing feels very smooth now and the whole process made me getting to know and understanding how all the mechanics work and how all the parts affect each other.

But there's one thing I don't really get: how to adjust the half-stop mechanism on the knee lever. Do I first have to tune the whole step down and then adjust/tune the half step or vice versa?
I would be very pleased if someone could explain that to me.

Thanks in advance!
Artur

[John Swain]

Artur, if it has the separate gadget by the changer with the unfurled tuner, adjust the nylon tuning nut for whole tone drop then the knurled tuner to the half. Make sure the 2nd string split tuning screw is backed out.

[Artur Nutz]

John, thank you for your reply.
I don't know what you mean by 'separate gadget by the changer' and by 'knurled tuner'. Maybe the photos below will help.
What I did so far is adjusting the tuning nut for the whole tone drop as you wrote.

Here's the changer of my pedal steel after cleaning it.




Is this screw the 'knurled tuner'?

[John Swain]

Yes Artur, that is the Emmons 1/2 step tuner. Screw the adjustment in while you tune the whole step drop, then back it out until it engages as the 2nd string reaches D. The coil spring clise tontge bellcrank is the tension, adjustable by moving the set screw collar.I hope this helps.

[Artur Nutz]

John, this helps a lot!
Now I understand how it works. Thank you for your instructions!