[CAUT] sos. woes

[Ed Sutton]

Today I received a new replacement sost. rod for an M.  It measures 11.2mm 
across the broad plane of the rod.
The 1913 rod I'm replacing is 12.6mm.  The new rod is solid brass, and could 
be machined to be even a little bit narrower.
Is there room to make new pivot blocks and move the tray further back?
Ed S.
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Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 6:58 PM
Subject: [CAUT] sos. woes


> Greetings,
>     Ok, this ain't working. Maybe someone else has found the easy way 
> around
> this problem.
>      1917 Steinway M, complete action restoration, went just fine until I
> replaced the underlever assembly with a factory replacement.  There is not
> enough room for the sostenuto rod between the backchecks and the damper 
> tabs.  I
> have even moved the entire underlever assembly distal about as far as it 
> would
> go and it still is interfering.
>   I am wondering if replacing the sos. rod with a late model rod will 
> help?
> The original is one of the "cast" looking rods, and it appears to be 
> larger
> than the modern ones.  Anybody run into this and found a way through it?
> Thanks,
>
> Ed Foote RPT
> http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
> www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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