Killer Octave Question

[Ron Overs]

>Greg,
>
>Ron's question was:
>
>>>  > John,
>>>  > How then does this correlate with the number of new Steinways we see
>>>  > (often enough on the showroom floor) with concave crown in the killer
>>>  > octave? It seems to me that if a crowned bridge is supporting
>>>  soundboard
>>>  > crown and making it last longer, there ought to be soundboard crown to
>>>  > show for it. Especially in a new piano.
>
>My answer in short is:
>
>We see these problems because of a lack of craftsmanship not 
>necessarily because crowning the bridges doesn't work. I don't know 
>if it really helps or not but if it doesn't help it is not an 
>explanation for why the pianos made today have these problems. I 
>also tried to explain why there is a lack of craftsmanship today.
>
>John

John,

And my short response is; I'm afraid I cannot share your view that 
there "is a lack of craftsmanship today". Just as in days past, today 
there are many examples of sloppy craftsmanship and somewhat less 
examples of fine craftsmanship.

I suspect you may need to widen your sample base, perhaps a little 
wider than New York, to find present day examples of fine 
workmanship. Believe me it does exist, but not perhaps from the same 
hallowed halls of a century ago. For example, check out the 
workmanship of Stephen Paulello (the French piano maker). Stephen 
built his own concert grand in the early 90's. Its a fine piece of 
work and not just a clone of what's gone before.

Ron O.
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