<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>[CAUT] sostenuto</title></head><body> <div><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Good points but a few areas for extra attention:</font></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">(If noise is heard from the blade contacting tabs as the sostenuto</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">pedal is depressed, you may need to rest your finger on each damper</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">in succession while depressing the sostenuto pedal to find the damper</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">tabs that are making contact with the blade.)</font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>No downwards pressure, lightly rest your finger so as not to press the tab lower.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">Depress and continue to hold down the sostenuto pedal. Deliver a</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">double-forte blow to every note that has a damper.</font></blockquote> <div><br> <br> </div> <div>A little hard on both the fingers and the action. Why not depress the note and</div> <div>and lift the damper head with your other hand to see if you can force the tab</div> <div>to 'cheat'.</div> <div><br></div> <div>However, I have found that a visual inspection of blade insertion onto the tabs</div> <div>at the ends and aligning them with a straight edge (fore& aft / up & down)</div> <div>precludes slipping tabs. A light source from a flexible goose neck works well.</div> <div><br></div> <div>I fashioned one from a crank-charged flashlight for non-ending light (jpg attached)</div> <div>I reassigned the function of the center bulb. My next iteration will have that shaft</div> <div>to be a plug-in and not hard wired.  great for inspecting into the action to check</div> <div>key end/damper alignment and sos tabs, spinet hammer flange screw too.</div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><br> Regards,<br> <br> Jon Page</div> </body> </html>