<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BODY { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 5px; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial" } DIV { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial" } P { FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: "Arial" } 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 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=white> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia>The bass tenor break is where the lift rod is, = right? Seems like the number of bass notes would dictate the lengths of the two = sections. Maybe a 22 note bass rod could be made to work, but 28 to 21? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia>Hey Tom, If all else fails, cut the bass end = off of a 28 note rod and braze it back on to the treble end.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Georgia>Keith Roberts</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=gnewell@ameritech.net = href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">Greg Newell</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> Wednesday, July 09, 2003 = 12:45 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sostenuto = rail</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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><A = href="mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net">mailto:gnewell@ameritech.net</A></D= IV> <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: <A = href="mailto:Tompiano@aol.com">Tompiano@aol.com</A></DIV> <DIV>To: <A = href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A></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></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>