At 17:40 -0500 16/2/10, Ed Foote wrote: >>Does anyone have agraffe to strike dimensions for note #1 on a >>Steinway C and an 85 note A (both around 1890)? > > >The A should be close to 152 mm. But these things vary on handbuilt pianos. How do you arrive at that figure, Ed? The speaking length of A-1 on the model C is roughly 1624 mm. 1/8 of that is 203 mm; 1/9 is 180 mm. Not having a C to hand, I have no way of giving an authoritative answer to the question but 152 mm seems unlikely. If you measure from the front of the front rail to a point 3.5 mm into the speaking length of note A-85 and then measure that distance at a right angle from the rail to a point on string A-1, that should touch the strike line, I think. JD -- ______________________________________________________________________ Delacour Pianos * Silo * Deverel Farm * Milborne St. Andrew Dorset DT11 0HX * England Phone: +44 1202 731 031 Mobile: +44 7801 310 689 ______________________________________________________________________
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