[pianotech] Sostenuto

[David Love]

The question is if the sostenuto brackets can be safely bent or not once the pivot is relocated.

David Love
www.davidlovepianos.com

On Feb 16, 2013, at 10:18 PM, "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote:

> David Love said:
> "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. 
> 
> Gee, maybe that Steinway system isn't so bad after all. 
> 
> Thanks in advance"
> 
> David, 
> Yer welcum.<G> Personally, I'd just remount the pivot. Extract it from the
> belly rail; plug the hole and then redrill 3mm lower. Screw the sucker in
> and be done with it. BTW, Typical M&H "make it fit" sort of thing, imo.
> Joe
> 
> 
> Joe Garrett, R.P.T.
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