I believe that the Steinway Sost doesn't need much up and down regulation so I have always simply applied pressure one way or the other up or down for that adjustment. I haven't had to change the leather punchings... David I. On 1 Jan 2003 at 12:51, A440A@aol.com wrote: > Dave writes: > > << 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......... >> > > The Steinway way has less hardware hanging on the belly rail, is > easier to > install at the factory. It also makes regulating the dampers > themselves much easier and by gollum, has "tradition" behind it. > Changing the height can be done two ways, but shimming is the > easiest. > Simply cut into the edge of the leather shim about 2/3rd of the way > through and add a piece of veneer or hard cardboard. Do it on the > proximal leather and the sos. rod goes down, shim the distal piece and > the rod goes up. > > Ed Foote RPT > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/ > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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