<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>Mark, David,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for the tips!  This is the kind of proprietary info I need.  I was initially called in to fabricate a dowel, because the monk= ey lifting portion of dowel was not there.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It was a  crummy rebuild, and everything pedal and damper related = was poorly regulated.  It would have been a job that required far more time= than I had to offer at that point.  It was one of those, "hey Dave= , you got a few minutes to look at this sostenuto pedal" deals in a dealer showroom that turns into a piano tech's Pandora's Box.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Great info, gentlemen.  Thanks!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave Stahl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 11/10/2005 5:29:44 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, pianotech@nhpianos.com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000080 size= =2> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Years ago an S&= amp;S rep showed us this trick for the sostenuto:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:= p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Remove the shanks/hammers immediately adjacent to the breaks – on a B this wo= uld mean hammers 1, 20, 21, 51, 52, 68 and 69. This will allow you to see the soste= nuto rail and tabs at the locations closest to the adjustment points using a flashlight with the action back in place. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:= p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Before sliding = the action back in, loosen the screws and bolts that hold the brackets just en= ough to allow the rail to slide in and out when tapped with a screwdriver blade= . With the action in and cheekblocks in place you can use a thin long bladed= screwdriver to reach down through the strings and tap the brackets to posi= tion the sostenuto rail correctly. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:= p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Of course the r= est of the system needs to be in at least reasonably good adjustment before you begin, IOW, good damper regulation, nice straight sostenuto tabs and prope= r amount of throw on both sustain and sostenuto pedals.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:= p></SPAN></FONT></P></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>