I'll second Jude's remarks, Ron. I was at his shop a few weeks ago, and we spent some time together at the piano doing some voicing (that was fun, Jude!) My sense of the Bacon felt was that it was more inconsistent throughout the scale than I would have liked. Too soft at both ends, and absolutely wonderful in the middle. But where the hammers and bass strings weren't getting in the way, it was obvious that there was a whole lot of real nice piano there. So Kudos to you on your design, and Kudos to Jude for his impeccable craftsmanship. I liked the piano a lot, and it will only get better as Jude continues to voice. Will Truitt From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of Jude Reveley (Absolute Piano) Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 9:45 AM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: [pianotech] Ron N. design update Sorry, late entry...kinda hectic around here... Surprises, Ron? Only pleasant ones. Definitely the best killer octave I've ever heard on one of my own rebuilds. I like the character of the the middle very much as well. The piano definitely sucks me in, like when I pass by just to play a few notes and then a half hour passes by until I suddenly smell the hot hide burning...ooops. The achilles heel is still the transition. You told me so...a new treble bridge might have been the key, dunno, we are limited by what we we can ultimately pull off. My bass string maker also made some changes.I think my Bacon felt is also too soft for the bass even though those hammers absolutely kick bottom in the treble without any juice! Renner blues sound pretty good in the bass, but I'm not about to start mixing sets of hammers. I'm trying to learn to voice first and certainly getting some great ideas from Andre's (add accent) book. Once I have a chance to review the bass data, I'll send you my work on the RCS Stwy C, like I promised. I've got a B and an O in the works now too. BTW the Ron-o-meter that Jim I. and I reproduced is the best instrument I've got in the wood conditioning room. Still want pictures? No changes on the bridgecap experiment. Gotta go, but I look forward to more in-depth conversations sometime. I can't make it to Grand Rapids, unfortunately, but some other time, I'm sure. Jude Reveley, RPT Absolute Piano Restoration, LLC <http://www.absolute-piano.com> www.absolute-piano.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ron Nossaman" < <mailto:rnossaman at cox.net> rnossaman at cox.net> To: < <mailto:pianotech at ptg.org> pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 4:45 PM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Modified L Scale with 5 note transition > Jude Reveley (Absolute Piano) wrote: >>My first transitional bridge was on my first RC&S project that Ron >> Nossamon designed for me about a year and a half ago. It's definitely an >> exponentially better piano than anything I've ever done in that class >> and turned me on to this wonderful world. Thanks Ron. > > You're welcome Jude. I was wondering how that turned out for > you. Any surprises? > Ron N > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090608/1d35f389/attachment-0001.htm>
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