Rob, You wrote: >2. I have a 1892 [mate to one in Smithsonian] D and will use the >original bridge (still in very good condition) on a new board ( original >repeatedly clumsily repaired). Even if I were to put in a new bridge, >I'd likely put it back the way it was. IMHO, this is one feature that >gives different but not necessarily inferior results and we have too >many pianos all trying to sound the same. But then I'm a crazy guy who >actually likes the sound of some historic pianos. "Different but not necessarily inferior" That's the ticket! Best. Horace Horace Greeley hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu "The defining statistic of death is that it has a one to one ratio." - George Bernard Shaw LiNCS voice: 415/725-4627 Stanford University fax: 415/725-9942
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