Ivers and Ponds

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Dan,    Ivers grands seemed to be built very solid but I haven't found most 
that I've worked on to be that good sounding, old soundboards not 
withstanding.   I think they  got it right with their upright but something 
between the drawing board and the finished product is a bit disappointing 
especially in their smaller grands.  Most have a scaling problem at the 
bass/tenor brake where they should have had  wound strings in the tenor but 
instead went directly to plain wire with very very low tension for 8 - 10 
notes.The tonal effect is noticeable and undesirable to me.  I would check 
the scaling.  I tuned a Model 95 the other day that (orginally) was scaled 
with wound strings (bichords then trichords) in the tenor and the transition 
was probably the best I've heard on an Ivers.   I've seen a number of Ivers 
grands in these parts with new soundboards and I still haven't seen a quality 
in the tone that matches the quality in the construction.                     
  Gary Ford