This thread brings to mind a related question that I've wondered about for some time. Steinway B's have varied in having either double trichords or trichord and flat in the low tenor section. Current ones have trichord and flat. In the 70's (the vintage of ten I take care of at the university), they used double trichords. Most of the newer ones I have run across with trichord/flat have one to several that have been changed over to double trichords (I've done it myself on occasion). I wonder what comments other folks might have on this. Was there a good reason to go to trichord/flat? Were double trichords the rule for a pretty long period? (A lot of the older vintage ones I care for have double trichords, but that might have been rebuilder's choice rather than following original design). Can anyone always make trichord/flats work throughout? (Most of the time I can get them to work, but I have fooled around far too long on some and ended up swapping to double trichord in frustration). Regards, Fred Sturm University of New Mexico
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