JIMRPT wrote: > ...... Which brings me to a question for Del, i.e. Why a new plate for a Killer > 'B'?...inquiring minds want to know . > Jim Bryant (FL) --------------------------- I can take care of the treble and killer octave region by simply designing and making a new tenor/treble bridge. (Well, the plate, soundboard and ribs all get massaged a bit.) But the bass/tenor cross-over is still a problem, as is the whole bass section. It's not that the bass on the standard B is so bad -- it's not -- it's just that it could be so much better. Compared to the performance of the new tenor and treble sections, this is now the weak area of the piano. I can improve both with some subtle redesign of the stringing scale and the soundboard, but more is possible. Sadly, it would take more changes to the plate than are possible with an existing plate casting. The modifications to the pattern would be fairly nominal, but the acoustic results would be substantial. Ah, well . . . Del
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