Steinway Sostenuto

[Marcel Carey]

Maybe the sustenuto rail is just too low in these troublesome areas.
Have you tried bending the supports up a bit?

Marcel Carey, RPT
Sherbrooke, QC

> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : pianotech-bounces at ptg.org 
> [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] De la part de John R. Granholm
> Envoyé : 26 septembre 2006 16:26
> À : Pianotech List
> Objet : Steinway Sostenuto
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> I have a sostenuto regulation problem with a 1953 Steinway D.   
> Depressing the sostenuto pedal with no keys down lifts about half a  
> dozen dampers in the tenor and treble sections.  The 
> adjustable brass  
> hangers which allow the sostenuto rod to be moved back and forth are  
> set all the way back (away from the lifter tabs) in tenor and 
> treble,  
> and these few dampers still come up.  The bass end of the rod has  
> some adjustment room left and works fine.
> 
> I know I could shift the action forward a bit, but I hesitate to do  
> that and alter the striking point.  The lifter tabs in the back  
> action look fine to me, nothing out of whack.  I've considered  
> reaming out more space in the slots in the brass hangers to 
> allow the  
> lifter rod to move a bit further back, but I wonder if I'm missing  
> something.
> 
> If it matters, the action on this piano was rebuilt with 
> Renner parts  
> about 6 years ago.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> John Granholm RPT
> Roseburg, OR
>