Hi Ron O. One of the nicest "cheapo" grands I have seen is a Young Chang 200 cm. (G-200) It has a Steinway style "bell" at the treble end and each three string unison has one looped and one tied string. It sounds great, and I'd buy it in a "flash". Of course--it is no longer made. Why would they want to have a success eh? *grin* At 11:43 AM 09/09/2001 +1000, you wrote: > >While on the topic of the killer zone, I suspect that the 'tone >collector' of Steinway pianos might indeed be a 'tone dissipator'. If >you check the location of the connection bolt from 'collector' to >plate, you will notice that it connects adjacent to the so called >'killer' zone, or should we say 'killed' zone. Just last week I >crawled under a D to feel the movement at the collector bolt under >heavy playing (try it - you'll be amazed). The next D I rebuild (if >it ever happens again) will likely get another beam and set bolt in >place of that suspect device. I'm not suggesting that the problem is >the 'collector' alone, but I suspect it is contributing to the >problem. It would be interesting to compare the Yamaha CFs with and >without the tone collector. Gosh its good to see marketing dictating >design as usual isn't it? > >I think I'll go before things get out of hand. > >Ron O >-- >Overs Pianos >Sydney Australia >________________________ > >Web site: http://www.overspianos.com.au >Email: mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au >________________________ > > Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T. mailto:drose@dlcwest.com http://donrose.xoasis.com/ 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner
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