<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <STYLE type=text/css> body { margin: 5px; font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial"; color: black;} div { margin: 0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial"; color: black;} p { margin: 0px; font-size:10pt; font-family:"Arial"; color: black;} ol { margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 5px;} ul { margin-top: 3px; margin-bottom: 5px;} blockquote { margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;} </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=white> <DIV> <DIV>Tom,</DIV> <DIV>    I could be missing something here but why does it matter how many bass notes? Doesn't the sostenuto rail extend to cover all the dampered notes?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Greg Newell</DIV> <DIV>Greg's Piano Forté</DIV> <DIV>mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>------------Original Message-------------</DIV> <DIV>From: Tompiano@aol.com</DIV> <DIV>To: pianotech@ptg.org</DIV> <DIV>Date: Wed, Jul-9-2003 3:28 PM</DIV> <DIV>Subject: Sostenuto rail</DIV> <DIV></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">List,<BR>I have a concert instrument ( 21 bass)  and the sostenuto rail is missing. Looks like I either need to have a sostenuto rail made or (hopefully) find a manufacturer who shares a similar 21 note bass configuration. Do you know of any scaled pianos being manufactured today which uses a 21 note bass? Mason & Hamlin BB?<BR>No luck through Schaff or Pianotek. <BR>Thanks<BR>Tom Servinsky, RPT</FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>