> I am need an opinion from those who have ever put a new board into a > Sohmer grand (6'4" "scale # 9") ...mine is vintage 1923. I've never put a board into a Sohmer, but the same principals apply to any modern piano. Is it worth doing? That depends on what you do and what comes of it. Throwing in a nominal reproduction of the original will get you something that may or may not sound better than the original, depending on how the replacement is built and installed. The string scale, also, can almost certainly be improved while you're at it. On the other hand, redesigning the thing will produce something that a number of people would agree sounds better than original, with much better odds of predicting the result. So yea, it depends. Ron N
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