Sostenuto regulation

[Greg Newell]

Keith,
    I too am no super tech but if I may I'd like to chime in with my two
cents. If the blade were only slightly engaging the damper levers in the
first place I can understand how the lever being propelled too high could
come down just as hard and make it's way past the sos. blade. Am I making
sense here?

Greg

kam544@flash.net wrote:

> >... -- the
> >damper stop rail! It had worked its way up too high, and without it
> >being in its proper place, the sostenuto & dampers were totally
> >messed up. Once it was lowered to proper specs the sostentuto worked
> >perfectly!...
> >Patrick
>
> Patrick, List,
>
> I certainly don't claim to be a super tech, but I fail to see how having
> the damper stop rail too high would in any fashion mess up the dampers,
> and/or the operation of the sostenuto system.
>
> All I can envision happening with the damper rail being as you have
> described is the dampers clunking back down on the keys with aggressive
> playing.
>
> Care to offer more information as to how this could be, please?
>
> Keith McGavern
> Registered Piano Technician
> Oklahoma Chapter 731
> Piano Technicians Guild
> USA

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