Steinway Sostenuto

[David Love]

Perhaps you are right and the noise does occur on flex tab systems, now
that I think about it a bit more.  The customer apparently wants to be able
to sustain a single note and then move his foot off the sostenuto pedal
while the sustain pedal is engaged.  This forces the sostenuto lever (which
is up) to slide past all the tabs when being the sustain pedal is being let
go, and when they finally let go, KTHUNK, I kthink.  Oh well, it must have
been a dream.   

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@cox.net>
> To: <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>; Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 9/21/2003 10:04:06 AM
> Subject: Re: Steinway Sostenuto
>
>
> >NY Steinway, c 1950.  Hinged sostenuto tabs.  Push down the sostenuto,
push
> >down the sustain pedal, release the sostenuto, release the sustain pedal,
> >KTHUNK.  Normally this occurs on pianos with tabs that are not flexible,
> >but not on with flexible tabs.  Regulation of the sostenuto does not seem
> >to be the problem, though I was not there.  Thoughts?
> >
> >
> >David Love
>
> I wasn't aware this was avoidable with any sostenuto system that was 
> otherwise working.
>
> Ron N