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color=#0000ff size=2>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.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2>I think European manufacturers started building pianos with
sostenuto pedals as a standard feature only late after WW2.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<P><FONT size=2>Calin Tantareanu<BR><A
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
[mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>centipod@mac.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> marşi, 23 ianuarie 2007
22:26<BR><B>To:</B> pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Hamburg Steinway
sostenuto (-not)<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>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?
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<DIV>Sincerely,</DIV>
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<DIV>Allen Wright, RPT</DIV>
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