Redesigning Mason Hamlin A?

[Delwin D Fandrich]

| -----Original Message-----
| From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org 
| [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Skolnik
| Sent: June 24, 2005 6:30 AM
| To: pianotech
| Subject: Redesigning Mason Hamlin A?
| 
| .... I'm posting this as 
| a general question to the list to get a better sense of how 
| this particular scale (or group of scales) is viewed.  I may 
| not be in a position to implement any ideas put forward, at 
| the moment, but it would give me an idea of what to be 
| looking out for.  For example, I've noticed that the top end 
| of the bass section is extremely cantilevered and has a 
| fairly short back scale.  From what I've been reading, I 
| gather this is less than ideal.

The M&H A is one of the pianos I use in my piano design and remanufacturing
seminars as an example of how not to design a bass section. In that seminar I
show pictures of the original and discuss its limitations. I also show pictures
of what can be done to improve the situation without too much trouble. (Well,
you do have to replace the bass bridge which usually means replacing the
soundboard. But, other than that....)

Contact me privately if you want more information.

Del
Delwin D Fandrich
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