<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1505" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tunericks@yahoo.com = href="mailto:tunericks@yahoo.com">Rick Bazemore</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 25, 2005 = 4:54 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Bergmann BG = Sostenuto/Action Stuck</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><BR><BR>List,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I tuned a Bergmann/YC BG yesterday with a sostenuto pedal that = would not slide the action.  Tried to pull the action to see what was going = on and it would not come out using appropriate force.  Seems to me that = it might be as simple as some kind of "locking device" used for shipment that = was not removed in dealer prep - but since I am an independent RPT and a = "newby" full-time tuner I have no experience with this particular issue.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Also, on the same piano, one wing bolt was missing where the = pedal lyre attaches to the bottom of the keybed.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Help?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rick Bazemore</DIV> <DIV>East Atlanta</DIV> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Rick,</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Sostenuto ? </FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    I know you mean una chorda.</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Drop the = lyre--Possible too long screws protruding into keyframe(Unlikely on a new piano)</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    2 Check for one or = more capstans on top of hammer flange rail . These are jammed into the bottom of the = pinblock for shipping on many Asian pianos--Pearl River comes to mind = as an example.</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Good luck,</FONT> <P><FONT face=Arial size=2>    Tom Driscoll</FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>