Its not a tradition on Hamburg Steinways...? David I. On 1 Jan 2003 at 13:33, Wimblees@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 1/1/2003 1:14:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, > dm.porritt@verizon.net writes: > > > If the sostenuto bar is in the way on other pianos, you > > simply take 60 seconds to remove it, adjust the dampers, and return > > it. You can tell if the sostenuto is working correctly without > > replacing the action 147 times! > > > Dave > > Although adjusting the sostentuo bar with it hanging on the belly rail > is easier, it does get in the way, sometimes, of adjusting the > dampers. You must be much better at this than me, but I don't like to > remove the sostenuto bar, especially on a Baldwin. I work around it, > the best I can. > > I don't have trouble at all adjusting the sost. bar on a Steinway. I > reach inside with a screwdriver, and move the bracket back and forth. > It takes a couple of tries, but I don't have to move the action in and > out. > > As to why Steinway continues to do it this way, I will have to agree > with Ed, that it is "tradition". There are lots of things they do, > that I think are for tradition, but not necessarily any better than on > other pianos. But that makes working on a Steinway so much "fun". > > Wim > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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