Hamburg Steinway sostenuto (-not)

[Calin Tantareanu]

Yes it was usual at the time not to have sostenuto pedals in home pianos. It
was an optional item, usually installed in large and concert grands.
I think European manufacturers started building pianos with sostenuto pedals
as a standard feature only late after WW2.
Calin Tantareanu
http://calin.haos.ro <http://calin.haos.ro/> 
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From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of centipod at mac.com
Sent: marţi, 23 ianuarie 2007 22:26
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Hamburg Steinway sostenuto (-not)


I'm rebuilding the action and restringing on a 1926 Hamburg Steinway O 170,
and was surprised to find that it has no sostenuto mechanism, although it
does have tabs on the damper levers (the old un-hinged kind). It's not just
missing the mechanism - there are only two pedals. This is my first
experience with an old Hamburg; I wondered if others with more experience
with them (Europeans perhaps) can tell me whether this is typical, and when
they started installing sostenutos. Perhaps other models had the sostenuto
in this era, and that's why these dampers have the tabs? 

Sincerely,


Allen Wright, RPT





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