B 458198, string deflections

[Kent Swafford]

Just to be clear, I'm a fan of the brand. But prospective purchasers  
would do well to choose their specimen carefully. Specimens that show  
sections with string speaking lengths out of parallel with the back  
scale string lengths are to be avoided, IMO.


Kent



On Sep 28, 2005, at 11:11 AM, Porritt, David wrote:

> Add to that the shortest warranty in the industry and that further
> diminishes my recommendation.
>
> dp
>
> David M. Porritt
> dporritt@smu.edu
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On
> Behalf Of Kent Swafford
> Sent: Wednesday, September 28, 2005 10:17 AM
> To: Pianotech
> Subject: Re: B 458198, string deflections
>
> The problems with the bridge deterioration that I for one attribute
> to the extra side bearing is enough to keep me recommending against
> such pianos. Add at least the possibility of undesirable soundboard
> loading and I'm all the more ready to recommend against them.
>
> Kent
>
>
> On Sep 22, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Ron Nossaman wrote:
>
>
>> As soundboard crown diminishes, the long bridge rotates forward,
>> and left, as a consequence. I can't help but think that a net left
>> side bearing like that will put even more load on a soundboard
>> that's already overloaded by design in that area. It might not be a
>> significant factor in practice, but I'd prefer not to find out the
>> hard way.
>>
>> Ron N
>>
>
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