sos. woes

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Greetings, 
     Ok, this ain't working. Maybe someone else has found the easy way around 
this problem. 
      1917 Steinway M, complete action restoration, went just fine until I 
replaced the underlever assembly with a factory replacement.  There is not 
enough room for the sostenuto rod between the backchecks and the damper tabs.  I 
have even moved the entire underlever assembly distal about as far as it would 
go and it still is interfering.  
   I am wondering if replacing the sos. rod with a late model rod will help?  
The original is one of the "cast" looking rods, and it appears to be larger 
than the modern ones.  Anybody run into this and found a way through it? 
Thanks, 

Ed Foote RPT 
http://www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/index.html
www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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