[pianotech] middle pedal

[Ron Nossaman]

On 12/28/2010 9:55 PM, Dean May wrote:
> On some small grands, like the 4'10 Samick, there isn't enough room to
> fabricate the sostenuto mechanism without huge amounts of rework.
> PianoDisc's position is that all installs should end up with 3
> functioning pedals. Some dealers want cheap installs and one way to do
> that is cut out the time required to fabricate the sostenuto linkage.
> Dean

I've yet to see an original install where all three pedals work well, 
and have since the Pianocorder days, retrofitted a more workable 
sostenuto (primarily) on those that the owner wanted to actually 
function. The sustain solenoid on the old Pianocorder system was utterly 
hopeless.
Ron N