On a scale of 1 to 10, be conservative. A 4 is relatively low risk. Just my guess. Now don't you feel better? <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> I'd not hesitate to move it a couple mm myself if needed <div style="clear:both">Dale Erwin R.P.T. Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos www.Erwinspiano.com Phone: 209-577-8397 <tt><tt>     </tt></tt> </div> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message----- From: David Love <davidlovepianos@comcast.net> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 7:03 pm Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bending Sostenuto mounts <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_ee1271ef-7acc-4a8e-bb4d-72fa9a827fe6"> <div> <div>It's the level of risk that's the question.</div> <div> </div> <div>David Love</div> <div><a target="_blank" href="http://www.davidlovepianos.com">www.davidlovepianos.com</a></div> <div>415.407.8320</div> <div> </div> </div> Dale Erwin <<a href="mailto:erwinspiano@aol.com">erwinspiano@aol.com</a>> wrote: I believe the sos. studs are brass David. Warm them a bit and bend at your ouw risk. <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Dale <div style="clear:both">Dale Erwin R.P.T. Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc. Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S. pianos <a href="http://www.Erwinspiano.com" target="_blank">www.Erwinspiano.com</a> Phone: 209-577-8397 <tt><tt>     </tt></tt> </div> <div style="font-family:arial,helvetica;font-size:10pt;color:black">-----Original Message----- From: David Love <<a href="mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net">davidlovepianos@comcast.net</a>> To: pianotech <<a href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</a>> Sent: Sat, Feb 16, 2013 4:57 pm Subject: [pianotech] Bending Sostenuto mounts <div id="AOLMsgPart_0_c4731e23-8268-4c71-8949-9e41004a4ce4" style="margin: 0px;font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;font-size: 12px;color: #000;background-color: #fff;"> <pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>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 Love </tt></pre> </div> </div> </div> </div>  </div> </div>