[CAUT] sostenuto

[Kent Swafford]

Thanks very much. Great help.

Kent


On Feb 1, 2008, at 7:24 PM, Jon Page wrote:

> Good points but a few areas for extra attention:
>>
>> (If noise is heard from the blade contacting tabs as the sostenuto
>> pedal is depressed, you may need to rest your finger on each damper
>> in succession while depressing the sostenuto pedal to find the damper
>> tabs that are making contact with the blade.)
>
> No downwards pressure, lightly rest your finger so as not to press  
> the tab lower.
>
>> Depress and continue to hold down the sostenuto pedal. Deliver a
>> double-forte blow to every note that has a damper.
>
>
> A little hard on both the fingers and the action. Why not depress  
> the note and
> and lift the damper head with your other hand to see if you can  
> force the tab
> to 'cheat'.
>
> However, I have found that a visual inspection of blade insertion  
> onto the tabs
> at the ends and aligning them with a straight edge (fore& aft / up &  
> down)
> precludes slipping tabs. A light source from a flexible goose neck  
> works well.
>
> I fashioned one from a crank-charged flashlight for non-ending light  
> (jpg attached)
> I reassigned the function of the center bulb. My next iteration will  
> have that shaft
> to be a plug-in and not hard wired.  great for inspecting into the  
> action to check
> key end/damper alignment and sos tabs, spinet hammer flange screw too.
> -- 
>
> Regards,
>
> Jon Page<crank light.jpg>

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