DGX 670 - Sustain pedal sticking

[MiddleC]

I have the Yamaha 3 pedal unit on the keyboard. I'm learning a song that uses the sustain pedal through the entire 268 measure song. So after a while practicing, the pedal started sticking. Had to shut off the unit and restart, and it would work. But now it sticks immediately on first use.

I suspect it is a hardware issue. I'lll call Yamaha support tomorrow. I thought in the meantime I'd check here.

Anyone have this happen and clear it up?

BTW...I d id try a reset on boot. Didn't help.

 

[dexman]

Pedals can act up. My Yamaha PSR-EW425 & my church's Korg Nautilus AT 88 are fairly new as are their respective sustain pedals, so I can't speak from personal experience.

My thought is to see what Yamaha says.

 

[MiddleC]

Yeah. This one isn't old.

I did hook up the small aux pedal and it works fine. But with all the presses it needed to be taped to the floor.

 

[delaware dave]

I did hook up the small aux pedal and it works fine.

If an auxilliary pedal works fine then it is not a keyboard hardware issue, it is a pedal hardware issue. Take it apart, there is a metal piece inside the pedal that causes the contact and the related sustain. That metal piece may have bent over time and never disconnects causing infinite sustain.

 

[MiddleC]

I agree it is not the keyboard.

Interesting info on the metal piece. I'll take a look at that.

I will say that the pedal has had little use, until working with this song.

Thanks for the input.