Photo of Stephen Paulello's concert grand

[Calin Tantareanu]

Hello!

I looked at the photo of the bass bridge of teh Paulello piano, and there's
one thing puzzling me: the device looks similar to a Stuart bridge agraffe,
only reversed. This seems to nave no downbearing, since the strings bear on
the upper termination. Am I getting this right??
How is this piano constructed?

Calin Tantareanu
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David C. Stanwood" <stanwood@tiac.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: Photo of Stephen Paulello's concert grand


> Hi Ron,
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> Here is a closeup shot of the bass bridge on Stephan's Grand:
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> http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/P1110331web.jpg
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> I beleive the fixture is screwed into position once there is some tension
> on the bass strings thereby eliminating any net side pressure on the
> bridge.  I think this is a very good idea, (zero side pressure).  We'll
see
> how the brass fixture holds up in 50 years....  In regards to the issue of
> side pressure, I had an interesting experience examining a Falcone concert
> grand for a client some years ago.  It was the second one they made.  I
> noticed that when sighting down the bass strings, they all took a hard
left
> turn at the bridge.  When  a string was streched between the hitch pin and
> the agraffe the point of crossing on the bridge was about 3mm off the
line.
>  The side pressure on the bridge must have been enormous!  Falcone
> corrected the mistake by recapping the bridge and aligning the bridge pins
> so that they were on the line and there was no side pressure on the
bridge.
>  The same strings were used so the only variable changed was the bridge
pin
> positions.  The improvement to the tone was amazing.  It's hard to
describe
> but it was just a lot fuller and nicer sounding...   I imagine that having
> good bridge alignment side to side in the treble makes for better tone as
> well....
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> Another interesting feature on the Paullelo Concert grand is his screw
> adjustable down bearing feature:
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> http://www.stanwoodpiano.com/P1110329web.jpg
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> We were impressed with the high quality of this piano which we saw last
> January at Conservatoire Gabriel Fauré in Paris.  We also enjoyed the good
> and likable nature of the maker Stephan Paullelo who is also a fine
pianist!
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> David Stanwood
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> >All,
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> >For those who may be interested, I have uploaded an interim page to
> >my website, which contains an image of Stephen Paulello's concert
> >grand. Please find the page at;
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> >http://overspianos.com.au/plello.html
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> >This page is, as yet, accessible only via the above link, and not
> >directly from the index of my website. Stephen has expressed an
> >interest in testing our action, with a view to using it for his new
> >217 cm grand piano, which he is designing at present.
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> >Regards,
> >Ron O.
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