duplex record

[Richard Brekne]

Ron Nossaman wrote:

> I looked at, and passed on, a Francis Bacon grand yesterday that was
> anywhere from a half semitone to an octave flat, often within a unison.
> This piano did have one very impressive feature though. The rear duplex in
> octave six was the shortest I've ever seen, the shortest of these being a
> whopping 7 millimeters long. In all fairness, the duplex bearing bar (about
> 5mm wide) was out of place and right at, or extending slightly over the
> edge of the plate. There was plenty of evidence in the form of gold paint
> and brush tracks, that someone had worked on it at one time, but I couldn't
> tell if the bar was in it's original position or had been repositioned for
> some reason. Moved back as close to the hitch pins as it would go, there
> would have been more like 15mm minimum length. If I could have reached, I
> could probably have slipped one business card between the plate and the
> bridge, but I doubt that two would have gone. I was impressed.
>
> It was interesting one time, but I wouldn't want to do it every day.
>
> Ron N

So ... how did this old Bacon sound then ?


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Richard Brekne
RPT, N.P.T.F.
Bergen, Norway
mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no