It's the level of risk that's the question. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com 415.407.8320 Dale Erwin <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote: >I believe the sos. studs are brass David. Warm them a bit and bend at your ouw risk. >Dale > > >Dale Erwin R.P.T. >Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. > Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos >www.Erwinspiano.com >Phone: 209-577-8397 > > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net> >To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> >Sent: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 4:57 pm >Subject: [pianotech] Bending Sostenuto mounts > > >Working on an older MH A. Discovered that the damper tray is mounted about >3 mm high on the treble side. I can remove the pivot block and relocate the >pivot pin hole 3 mm lower easily enough. However, the sostenuto mounts were >also installed to match the damper tray misalignment and are also 3 mm high >on the treble side. They will need to be realigned to match the orientation >of the damper tray. So I'm wondering about bending these mounts, how much >bending will they take and what's the best way to go about it (strung >already of course). I have installed capstans on the tray but the 3 mm >disparity would have them pretty much bottomed out on one and, well, 3 mm >higher on the other end. > >Gee, maybe that Steinway system isn't so bad after all. > >Thanks in advance > >David Love > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130216/2dc80865/attachment.htm>
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