<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1251"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.5730.11" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Allen asked: "I'm rebuilding the action and restringing on a 1926 Hamburg Steinway </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>O 170, and was surprised to find that it has no sostenuto mechanism, </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>although it does have tabs on the damper levers (the old un-hinged </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>kind). It's not just missing the mechanism - there are only two </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>pedals. This is my first experience with an old Hamburg; I wondered </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>if others with more experience with them (Europeans perhaps) can tell </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>me whether this is typical, and when they started installing </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>sostenutos. Perhaps other models had the sostenuto in this era, and </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>that's why these dampers have the tabs?"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Allen,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>The Sostenuto mechanism was invented by Steinway in the mid 1870's</FONT></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain of the Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>