<HTML style="FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><HEAD> <STYLE></STYLE> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19046"></HEAD> <BODY class=hmmessage> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Hi, Marshall:</FONT></DIV> <DIV>    <FONT face="MS Sans Serif">I don't know about Sojin, but Samicks used to have a system where you would open the lid and push down on a lever to lower the bar.  And I think Kawai had a manual system similar to a cabinet door latch.  There was no pedal connected to it.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">    Is there any hardware attached to the bar?  Spring?  Evidence that some hardware may be missing that once connected it?  Is the practice bar original, or maybe somebody retrofitted it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV>    <FONT face="MS Sans Serif">Paul McCloud</FONT></DIV> <DIV>    <FONT face="MS Sans Serif">San Diego</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=pianotune05@hotmail.com href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com">Marshall Gisondi</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 05/13/2011 6:26:09 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [pianotech] piano mystry</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Hi Everyone,</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>I tuned a Sojon yesterday, I believe that's the correct spelling, but I tuned this piano and it hd a practice rail connected, but here's the odd thing.  It was not connected to a rod which would normally connect to a middle pedal assembly because this piano only had a soft pedal and a sustain pedal.  I left the rail out because I was concerned that it might get in the way later on. This occured at a church where I tune on a regular basis.  Have any of you come across this, a practice pedal without the practice pedal hardware to connect it? Thanks</FONT><BR><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Marshall</FONT><BR><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Marshall's Piano Service</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3 face=Garamond>pianotune05@hotmail.com</FONT></EM></STRONG><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">215-510-9400</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><BR><STRONG><EM><FONT size=3 face=Garamond><A href="http://www.phillytuner.com/" target=_blank>www.phillytuner.com</A> </FONT></EM></STRONG><BR><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Graduate of The School of Piano Technology for the Blind <A href="http://www.pianotuningschool.org/" target=_blank>www.pianotuningschool.org</A> Vancouver, WA<BR><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="TEXT-DECORATION: underline"><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Garamond,Times,Serif"></SPAN></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><BR><BR><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>