Steinway B tenor conversion report

[Ron Nossaman]

> The sound was initially improved about 30-40% over the
> original.  The new strings rendered the tone fairly
> meek.  After pounding the hammers in and voicing the
> strings somewhat, I gave the piano a few days and some
> playing time by the pianist to see what the tone would
> do.  It became a little bit stronger.  To add some
> attack and immediacy to the tone I added
> keytop/acetone.  Followed up with some needling and
> more improvement was realized.  

I suspect the low tenor had been voiced down to minimize the 
original scaling problem.


> I would say that now the improvement over the original
> is about 50% and may get even a little better yet. 
> The customer is happy.  I appreciate the help of
> people like Ron N. and others on this list who help
> our learning to zoom along rather than creep.
>   
> Happily,
> Bob Hull

Thanks for the report, and the plug, Bob. I'd been wondering 
how it worked out for you. Glad I could help.

Ron N