Recrowning

[David ilvedson]

> Date:          Fri, 30 May 1997 08:14:24 -0700
> From:          Tom Myler <TomMyler@worldnet.att.net>
> Subject:       Re: Recrowning
> To:            pianotech@byu.edu
> Reply-to:      pianotech@byu.edu


My experience with older Mason & Hamlins is I often find the
boards flat.  I thought the resonator might have something to do
with flattening the board?...

ilvey
Pacifica, CA


> 7)  One piano that DOES have the same properties of tone and longevity is
> Mason & Hamlin.  (Remember Mason & Hamlin?  This is a post about Mason &
> Hamlin.)
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> 8)  Reason:  the "Tension Resonator", which accomplishes the same effects
> as 1
> through 6 above.   The difference is that the Tension Resonator is inducing
> tension by pulling the rim inward, rather than forcing it outward.
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> 9)  Conclusion:  It's called the "Tension Resonator" because that's *how*
> it does *what*
> it does.
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> End of Chris Robinson notes.
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> My thoughts-
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> 10)  All of the lore about M&H soundboards not losing crown because the rim
> can't expand and so forth is beside the point.  If the TR has that effect
> on a soundboard, it's an incidental fringe benefit, but is not the reason
> for, or purpose behind  the TR.   Note that it was never called the "Rim
> Stabilizer" or "Krown Keeper".   That was never the point.
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> DISCLAIMER:   If  I'm  wrong about any of this, it's YOUR  problem for not
> having deleted me.   I reserve the right to be wrong.
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> Sorry for the length of this post,  blah, blah.
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> Myler, Tom
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> "Perhaps the greatest wisdom is the knowledge
> of one's own ignorance"
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>                                  John Steinbeck
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> P.S.   This List needs MORE of Jim Coleman Sr.,  not less.
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