Voicing of high bass on Steinway L

[David Love]

None of the smaller Steinways are.  In theory, a slight mismatch in the
frequency of the coincident harmonics.  In practice, not much effect and I
haven't had problems tuning unisons on these pianos that wasn't attributable
to a bad string.  However, when making a new bass bridge or cap for one of
these, I usually notch them (that would be before I order the new set of
strings).  

David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net 

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Mark Davidson
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 6:16 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Voicing of high bass on Steinway L

I took a look at my L and noticed that the bass bridge is not notched for
the bichords  (the bridge pins are in one smooth curve), resulting in as
much as 8mm difference in string lengths for the same note at the high end.
What effect does this have?
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