Sostenuto

[David Ilvedson]

Its not a tradition on Hamburg Steinways...?  

David I.

On 1 Jan 2003 at 13:33, Wimblees@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 1/1/2003 1:14:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> dm.porritt@verizon.net writes:
> 
> > If the sostenuto bar is in the way on other pianos, you
> > simply take 60 seconds to remove it, adjust the dampers, and return
> > it.  You can tell if the sostenuto is working correctly without
> > replacing the action 147 times!  
> 
> 
> Dave
> 
> Although adjusting the sostentuo bar with it hanging on the belly rail
> is easier, it does get in the way, sometimes, of adjusting the
> dampers. You must be much better at this than me, but I don't like to
> remove the sostenuto bar, especially on a Baldwin. I work around it,
> the best I can. 
> 
> I don't have trouble at all adjusting the sost. bar on a Steinway. I
> reach inside with a screwdriver, and move the bracket back and forth.
> It takes a couple of tries, but I don't have to move the action in and
> out.  
> 
> As to why Steinway continues to do it this way, I will have to agree
> with Ed, that it is "tradition". There are lots of things they do,
> that I think are for tradition, but not necessarily any better than on
> other pianos. But that makes working on a Steinway so much "fun".
> 
> Wim
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