----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Brekne" <rbrekne@broadpark.no> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: September 20, 2001 11:58 AM Subject: Re: 1 string, 2 strings, 3 strings or more > > Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > > > >> but if a piano has lasted 100 > > > >years sounding good with a less than perfectly shaped bridge, I > > > >reckon it deserves to carry on for another 100 or so without losing > > > >its defects of character. > > > > Depends on whether or not those defects of character are audibly offensive > > to the musician. If they are I see no reason for it to carry on for another > > 100 years offending the very folks it's supposed to be pleasing when a new > > bridge(s) and some revised scaling can solve most of the problem. > > > > Del > > Hmmm... I wonder just who "the musician" refered to could be. Personally I > find it almost incredible to think that I could not find some quite proficient > musician to swear by just about any piano. Gotta admit Del, this line above > seems somewhat in contrast with the stuff you recently exchanged with me on the > Petrof thread. In what way? Please elaborate. > > Heck... lots of folks think the Steinway O is a horribly scaled piano... and by > some standards perhaps this is so... but then there are folks who just love > this S&S model. And we are often asked to improve things for the former and we are generally not asked to improve things for the latter. It's really the owners/musicians choice. Del
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