At 05:53 02/07/2001 -0500, you wrote: >Keith says, ><<I fail to see how having >the damper stop rail too high would in any fashion mess up the dampers, >and/or the operation of the sostenuto system.>> > >Greetings, > If the underlevers are allowed unlimited upward travel, a strong blow can >send them over the top of the engaged sostenuto rod. This doesn't happpen >with the unsprung sos. tabs, but the later models will allow the underlever >tab to go above, and when it does, it stays up there! >Regards, >Ed Foote RPTs The easy test for this problem is to first engage the sostenudo pedal and then, one by one, play each note hard. Also, if your damper pedal travel is excessive/not limited and the upstop rail is too high, you can (at least) jam the tabs against the knife, or flip them over... and there they stay. Conrad Hoffsommer - mailto:hoffsoco@luther.edu Anything in parentheses can(not) be ignored.
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