Hi Alan... others We dont get many Kawai instruments up here... and I cant remember the last time I saw a GE-1. I think however... your question is just a tad bit too general. Why not take a specific set of scale measurements, bridge placement measurements and throw those out for discussion. The general idea of bringing the bridge out more into the meat of the panel is well enough discussed... as is the longer back scale. Freedom of movement is central to this whole idea. Cheers RicB Hi Jim and Ron (and others), I do not have enough first-hand experience with especially short-scale instruments that have been recipient of the kind of treatment that the Brodmann thread was about, namely new string scale with a shorter speaking length, longer backlength, no cantilever. But I am curious about what kind of tonal change I might anticipate if I were to rescale, say, a Kawai GE-1. Would anyone be interested in describing what would be the likely tonal result with these changes to this short-scale piano? I know words won't likely do justice to it, but I'd be interested to hear anyway. BTW, this isn't idle curiosity. Thanks. Alan
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