David,
Just finished assisting a colleague on a Hamburg B from 1968. It had an action-mounted sostenuto, much to my surprise, as I was unaware they had ever done it this way. In the course of our inquiries concerning this instrument, someone (wish I could remember who) said that Hamburg did it this way, "…for a while," but had not done it that way before or since. It is the only Hamburg piano that I have seen with the NY sostenuto arrangement.
Alan
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Alan Eder, RPT
Herb Alpert School of Music
California Institute of the Arts
Valencia, CA
661.904.6483
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-17-2019 17:30
From: David Skolnik
Subject: Hamburg Steinway Sostenuto Rail question
Would anyone know when Hamburg began mounting the sostenuto assembly on the belly rail? I looked at a B from early 1970's which had sostenuto on action frame.
Thanks
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David Skolnik [RPT]
Hastings-on-Hudson NY
914-231-7565
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