At 4:31 AM 2/7/96 -0700, David Porritt wrote: >This is discussed in the book "Piano Key & Wippen" and it sounds to me >like there could be some advantages in not having the balance rail pins >ofset. Just theoretical guessing..... > _________ That is correct. Pfeiffer credits L. Chwatal with the suggestion to impliment this older idea on modern pianos in 1905. He says, "..these advantages are present; in spite of this..... it is unlikely that this system will ever be universally adopted, since the need is not of a sufficiently general and pressing nature." Does that situation strike a painful chord inside you unequal tuners our there? Anyway, I think it is a good idea which is simplier, if not better, and deserves more serious consideration than it has received. Dennis Johnson St. Olaf College johnsond@stolaf.edu djohn@skypoint.com
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