Sostenuto

[Jon Page]

At 11:41 AM 1/1/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Alright esteemed list members:  Does anyone know *any* advantage of having 
>the sostenuto bar on the back of the action stack rather than on the belly 
>rail where all manufacturers but one put them?  I've been working on a 
>1912 "B" and the mounting brackets are not brass nor bendable.  To adjust 
>the height one must use thinner leather washers in the mounting.  What an 
>unnecessarily tedious task!!!!!!!!!!!!  If there were any functional 
>advantage to do it this way.........
>
>dave

Check with Steinway.  I think I read somewhere that they were working on a 
retrofit
application to fit this to the belly rail.  I could be wrong.

HNY,


Regards,

Jon Page,   piano technician
Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass.
mailto:jonpage@attbi.com
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