Terry the Ferrell said: "The first sound clip is really directed to Joe Garret, with the question: Is the amount of damper leakage heard in these sound clips appropriate for this type of instrument? I know you say that the damper system on American square grands won't cut off like on a modern grand, and these certainly don't - but they do stop after a couple seconds - and it's only the bass strings that really make the real slow damping (both when they are played and that they will ring sympathetically). In the first clip a 10 year old Yamaha C3 in good condition (off a cruise ship) is played also for comparison. The second clip is directed to Ron Nossaman who re-did the string scale. Bass strings are by J. D. Grant and plain wire is Mapes Gold. Scale sounds very nice to me. :-) Sorry for the couple high treble notes out of tune. :-(" Terry, I am unable to open the sound clips! Please send in a single email, privately. Thanks. As for the damper "efficiency", w/o even hearing it, I will tell you that is the way it was INTENDED. However, the use of Mapes Gold wire will exacerbate that in the mid treble, as well, since it is TOO HARD/BRITTLE. I definately would NEVER use that wire on an old instrument. It is completely opposite of the wire orignally used. Tsk! Tsk!<G>) That is what happens when a "modern guy" attempts something really "olde"<G> However the rest of the work looks really well done. The color of the plate is a bit too silver, but a small point. (Probably the picture media/computer raster/whatever.Those plates were guilded using varnish, which gave a "soft" colored gold. Most Steinway plate color had a bit of burnt umber in them as well. The artwork is exquisite! Just like it should be. All brass appears to be highly polished and hopefully lacqered.<G> I'm curious about the key tops. Is that plastic I'm seeing!????? I hope not. I'm hoping to figure out some way to get those sound bites to work. As for the out of tune unisons in the high treble....well, it's "authentic".<G> Best Joe Joe Garrett, R.P.T. Captain of the Tool Police Squares R I http://gpianoworks.com/
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