Am I correct to understand that a transition bridge was NOT added to the belly system - i.e. four plain-wire tricords were converted to wound bicords on the original long bridge and the original bass scale/strings were kept? Sounds like great results for a minimal/easy-to-do upgrade. Good show guys. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- >> 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 >
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