<!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 6.00.2900.2523" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=2>Thanks, Joe.  That could well be it.  I = was troubleshooting a bass damper problem, and probably messed with the = trapwork adjustment for the sostenuto pedal before I realized it wasn't a bass = damper sustain pedal...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy--</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr 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=joegarrett@earthlink.net = href="mailto:joegarrett@earthlink.net">Joe Garrett</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> Sunday, October 24, 2004 = 9:37 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Aligning sostenuto = tabs on a U-3</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cy asked: "<FONT face="Times New = Roman" size=3>I ran across a U-3 where the sostenuto was way out of adjustment.  = Only =<BR>a few of the tabs engaged when I held the sustain pedal down = and then =<BR>the sostenuto pedal.<BR><BR>I had a hard time getting a good = view of the alignment of the tabs vs. =<BR>the sostenuto bar.  Is there an = easier way than trial and error to align = =<BR>them?<BR><BR>--Cy,</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV>Sounds to me like the trapwork isn't actuating far enough. You = might try adjusting the pedal up first. i.e. the sostenuto is not pivoting far = enough to catch ALL of the tabs. The ones it's catching now are the ones out of adjustment, probably.<G></DIV> <DIV>Best Regards,</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>