George Steck grand

[David Love]

It's a capo bar in the bass.  If the termination with this type of system
is not a problem then I won't worry about it.  There are some odd noises
coming out of the bass, but it's difficult to tell if it's strings or
string terminations.  I'm not really interested in getting involved in
grinding and drilling for agraffes.  The job doesn't warrant it and there
isn't a budget.  I was looking for a quicker fix if there was one and if it
was needed.

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org>; <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> Date: 6/8/2003 7:20:25 AM
> Subject: Re: George Steck grand
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Sent: June 07, 2003 9:25 AM
> Subject: George Steck grand
>
>
> > .... It is an agraffeless piano
> > (through the bass).  The piano currently suffers from bad scaling and
> > corrosion on the strings and has a rubber band sounding bass....My
> > question has to do with whether or not it would be worth creating a more
> > secure arrangement for the terminations at the tuning pin side in the
> bass
> > and low to mid tenor, and how that might be done in a faux agraffe way.
>
>
> Just what is the bass string termination? I've not seen a George Steck
with
> a capo tastro bar down there but, of course, I've not seen them all and
> George was fairly inventive. Or is it just a string coming over a bearing
> bar with pins or something--ala typical upright style? In the bass it
> doesn't take much to provide an adequate termination.
>
> You can always try drilling and tapping for agraffes, but it's not easy
and
> it is very time-consuming if you want to get it right.
>
> Regards,
>
> Del