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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>Marshall,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>You should go back and put it back in. If it wasn’t causing a problem, it was working as it was supposed to, and someone will wonder what happened to it at some point in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>I can’t remember Sojin’s arrangement, but there should be a snap mechanism that holds it up, and the rail is pushed down manually in the mute position.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>I like these hand operated mufflers better than the pedal, because then people don’t crank the rail up and down during the music like a super una corda. They’re not intended to be used that way.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#002060'>Don Mannino<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marshall Gisondi<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 13, 2011 6:21 AM<br><b>To:</b> pianotech@ptg.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [pianotech] piano mystry<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Hi Everyone,</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>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</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Marshall</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>Marshall's Piano Service</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><em><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="mailto:pianotune05@hotmail.com"><span style='font-style:normal'>pianotune05@hotmail.com</span></a></span></b></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>215-510-9400</span></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><em><b><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'><a href="http://www.phillytuner.com/" target="_blank">www.phillytuner.com</a> </span></b></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br></span><b><i><span style='font-family:"Garamond","serif"'>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></i></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>