Knot type? length of wire from hitch to bridge? Joe Goss RPT Mother Goose Tools imatunr at srvinet.com www.mothergoosetools.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2008 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] new board evaluation > > > Hello list, > > Trying to evaluate my first new board is interesting. > > In particular is the lo bass. > > I feel there is great sustain but is lacking in tone definition - the > > usual lowest three notes. > > Voicing and weighting the hammers has helped a great deal and it really > > sounds good but not great. > > It is curious to watch the lowest A string after a fff hammer blow - the > > vibrations are visible on the string and remain visible after the > > audible tone decays and becomes inaudible. > > Is this a clear sign that the board is too stiff in that part of the piano? > > If I can still see the string moving with no sound is it reasonable to > > assume that more sustain and possibly better tone definition could be > > had if some part of the design were altered? > > Gene > > > What size piano? What's the back scale length of A-0? > Cantilevered bridge? Bass rescaled? What's the core diameter > of A-0? What "design" board did you build? > Ron N >
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