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Fred,
    I think that application would be the key, there. The 20+ Ms and Ls we 
sent up to Boston had doubles throughout the tenor. These instruments are 
in practice rooms. Stop that ring as soon as you can kinda situation. I 
prefer more subtle control for mid-size and home use, but have had 
customers (more into pop or vocal accmp) that like a quick cut, even with a 
little zing, or "zip", as Ron puts it. Drives me bonkers. When the "loud" 
pedal is worn through, I don't even ask.

Later,
Guy

At 10:25 AM 9/5/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>         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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