This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Tompiano@aol.com=20 To: pianotech@ptg.org=20 Sent: July 09, 2003 12:27 PM Subject: Sostenuto rail List, I have a concert instrument ( 21 bass) and the sostenuto rail is = missing. Looks like I either need to have a sostenuto rail made or = (hopefully) find a manufacturer who shares a similar 21 note bass = configuration. Do you know of any scaled pianos being manufactured today = which uses a 21 note bass? Mason & Hamlin BB? No luck through Schaff or Pianotek.=20 Thanks Tom Servinsky, RPT=20 Do you need a sostenuto lever for just the bass or for the whole scale? = If you luck out and are able to find an existing production piano that = matches the scale breaks in the piano you have you can probably talk the = company in question into selling you a complete assembly. Good luck! = Failing that you will have to try to locate a continuous lever and make = it fit. Renner (Germany) used to sell a kit for just this purpose. It = included the lever and an assortment of wood brackets to mount the thing = against the belly rail. I've no idea if Renner (USA) stocks this or is = even willing to order one for you. You might check. Failing that you'll = probably have to go to one of the European suppliers (Knud Danielsen, = Meyne, etc.).=20 The thing is fairly easy to fit if you have access to a good machinist. = Or, worse come to worse, you can hacksaw and file the tab away and fit = them to the brackets by hand. Not particularly tricky by something of a = hassle. Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/e6/39/60/00/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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