Posted: 5 Mar 2003 4:53 pm
<B>"Carl,
Do you still lower your 2nd string on the RKR?"</B>
Frank,
Interesting you should ask. The answer is YES. But there is MORE to the story. I have two RKR's!
My regular RKR is the ole pedal 6 (C6)
RKR2 lowers 2 a whole tone, raises 9 a whole tone and lowers 12 a whole tone.
Incidently there is NO half stop on RKR. But LKL2 lowers 2 a half tone. (Along with raising 9 and 10 a tone and a half). So I have either the D OR the C# on different knee levers on opposite knees. I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful this is. I thought it would be nice. It has exceeded my desires greatly. I would never go back to a half stop after having the luxury of both.
The ONLY thing I would ocassionally want (and do not have) on this setup; is lowering the 2nd string to a C# while using the equivalent 6th pedal on RKR.
I DO have it when in the LOK position. Which is one case in which I use the LOK. In other words I do NOT lower the 2nd string to C# with the lever (LKR) that lowers the E's. BUT when I engage the LOK lever it DOES lower the 2nd string to a C#.
The reason I don't add this to LKR like Jeff Newman and some other players do, is its simply too stiff for my tastes.
Thanks for asking,
carl
Do you still lower your 2nd string on the RKR?"</B>
Frank,
Interesting you should ask. The answer is YES. But there is MORE to the story. I have two RKR's!
My regular RKR is the ole pedal 6 (C6)
RKR2 lowers 2 a whole tone, raises 9 a whole tone and lowers 12 a whole tone.
Incidently there is NO half stop on RKR. But LKL2 lowers 2 a half tone. (Along with raising 9 and 10 a tone and a half). So I have either the D OR the C# on different knee levers on opposite knees. I cannot begin to tell you how wonderful this is. I thought it would be nice. It has exceeded my desires greatly. I would never go back to a half stop after having the luxury of both.
The ONLY thing I would ocassionally want (and do not have) on this setup; is lowering the 2nd string to a C# while using the equivalent 6th pedal on RKR.
I DO have it when in the LOK position. Which is one case in which I use the LOK. In other words I do NOT lower the 2nd string to C# with the lever (LKR) that lowers the E's. BUT when I engage the LOK lever it DOES lower the 2nd string to a C#.
The reason I don't add this to LKR like Jeff Newman and some other players do, is its simply too stiff for my tastes.
Thanks for asking,
carl
about the 2-pedal combination problem while holding LKR in. I'm going to persevere for a while anyway, as moving the e-lower lever is a big change & would probably set me back months 
