1098

[Antares]

I tell you, I do not want to tune those instruments anymore...they ruin my
health and my peace of mind. If I do get an offer for such an instrument
however, I'll give the number of an adversary.

Antares




>List:
>
>I've read on this list that the Steinway 1098 was difficult to tune
>because the string angle is too steep, and that the string angle was to
>small.  I tuned one this week and looked carefully at the angle at the
>v-bar, pressure bar etc.  I found that the angle from the v-bar to the
>(huge) pressure bar was VERY small.  You could barely call the v-bar a
>termination.  However, from the pressure bar back to the felt covered
>v-bar right in front of the tuning pins, there was a VERY steep angle.
>The worst of both worlds!  No crisp termination at the termination, and
>lots of friction behind the pressure bar.
>
>Fortunately that was the low point of the week.  The rest of the week
>was fine.
>
>dave
>
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>David M. Porritt, RPT
>Meadows School of the Arts
>Southern Methodist University
>Dallas, Texas
>mailto:dporritt@swbell.net
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