<!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 6.00.2800.1126" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman" text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>Alright esteemed list members:  Does anyone know *any* advantage of having the sostenuto bar on the back of the action stack rather than on the belly rail where all manufacturers but one put them?  I've been working on a 1912 "B" and the mounting brackets are not brass nor bendable.  To adjust the height one must use thinner leather washers in the mounting.  What an unnecessarily tedious task!!!!!!!!!!!!  If there were any functional advantage to do it this way.........</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>dave</DIV></BODY></HTML> <PRE> _____________________________ David M. Porritt dporritt@mail.smu.edu Meadows School of the Arts Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 _____________________________</PRE>