John, Does it matter that the front aliquots are not the same length in unisons? For example, here: [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] --Cy Shuster-- Rochester, MN ----- Original Message ----- [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] To: <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>; "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 10:02 PM Subject: Re: Individual aliquots on a Mason "&" Hamlin > David, > > I usually clean the aliquots with oven cleaner. they're nickel plated > and seem to be fairly durable. You have to be careful not to remove the > plating by over buffing. See the photo below. > [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] > > > Since you were talking about the front aliquots I thought I would show > you how I have been doing them. > [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] > > I also tried this bearing bar in front of the string rest. It is thin > baltic beech with felt over with an 1/8" steel rod in front. I haven't > finished this BB so I will let you know how this works. Should help with > friction. > [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] > > David Love wrote: > > Joe: > > > > Why would the piano sound like crap? The reason I'm considering it is > > partly cost/benefit, partly aesthetics. Repositioning the things is, as > > John H. mentions, a pain. Then there's polishing each one of them out and > > putting a finish coat on them. I've already removed the ones on the tuning > > pin side and replaced them with a continuous bar moved toward the edge of > > the plate to shorten the length of the counterbearing section to try and > > clean up the termination. Changes from the client's perspective are not a > > problem as we have already discussed a few changes such as replacing the > > trichord wrapped with bichord wrapped on the tenor bridge and rescaling > > overall since new bridgecaps were put on. I didn't really want to open the > > duplex issue, but maybe that's the question. I personally haven't found > > any significant or detectable difference with tuned and untuned duplexes. > > John H. and Ron N. seem to suggest there would be no functional change, I'm > > assuming that includes tonal differences. So I'm interested in hearing > > opinions, especially from those who might have made that change. The > > design of a continuous bar certainly exists on many high quality > > instruments, so I'm just wondering if I've thought it through well enough. > > > > > > John Hartman RPT > > John Hartman Pianos [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] > Rebuilding Steinway and Mason & Hamlin > Grand Pianos Since 1979 > > Piano Technicians Journal > Journal Illustrator/Contributing Editor [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >
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