This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Hi Joe ! I used the designated pitch of the time, (British era), to do the = initial evaluation. What pitch did you use ? I suspect it was higher in those times, at = least at Collard & Collard factory. Then I rescaled, using the original tensions as a criteria and modern = pitch. That is clever. But you used modern wire, did you ? Same tension in = stiffer wire would lead to a more inharmonic sound as original, no ? The piano came out very nice. Yes, the tone was different, but that's = why "ancient" instruments, like this, are of great importance. It gives = us an idea of what "Tone" was desired/achieved in the past. (Modern Tone = is nothing like what the past was, IMHO. Much to my chagrin, I might = add!) Such an intricated puzzle. The more I learn about period stringing = strategies (or lack of those), the more I feel like the best way to = restring is to listen to the music the strings make. Take the material = you can get (as close to the original as possible), choose your wanted = diapason (anyway, they did the same in those times where there was no = standard), put a certain gage under right tension : if it breaks too = easily, put a bigger one ; if it sounds too funny, put a smaller one. = Music should be the guide. I'm sure in every period music was the only = concern. What do you think ? Best regards, St=E9phane Collin. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/ff/1b/aa/c9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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