[pianotech] Bending Sostenuto mounts

[David Love]

It's the level of risk that's the question.

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com
415.407.8320


Dale Erwin <erwinspiano at aol.com> wrote:

>I believe the sos. studs are brass David. Warm them a bit and bend at your ouw risk.
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>Dale Erwin R.P.T.
>Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.
> Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos
>www.Erwinspiano.com
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Love <davidlovepianos at comcast.net>
>To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Sent: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 4:57 pm
>Subject: [pianotech] Bending Sostenuto mounts
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>Working on an older MH A.  Discovered that the damper tray is mounted about
>3 mm high on the treble side.  I can remove the pivot block and relocate the
>pivot pin hole 3 mm lower easily enough. However, the sostenuto mounts were
>also installed to match the damper tray misalignment and are also 3 mm high
>on the treble side.  They will need to be realigned to match the orientation
>of the damper tray. So I'm wondering about bending these mounts, how much
>bending will they take and what's the best way to go about it (strung
>already of course).  I have installed capstans on the tray but the 3 mm
>disparity would have them pretty much bottomed out on one and, well, 3 mm
>higher on the other end.  
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>Gee, maybe that Steinway system isn't so bad after all.  
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>Thanks in advance
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>David Love
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