<!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 6.00.2900.2722" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Two things come to mind initially here. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>First, try pressing the una-corda pedal = if you want the action to slide. Much more efficient than the sostenuto.   = ;-)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Second, if the action will not come out = of the action cavity, check if perhaps the drop screws are hitting the pinblock = (or, if you can't see the drop screws, could they already be imbedded = in the pinblock?) - could this piano be early 90s vintage? Expanding = action brackets? They can assume the duty of a very effective "locking device"!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Let us know what develops.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>