Ric, I have a 220 on the floor here too, it doesn't have the ebony bridge capping or the titanium pins, although I don't think that the point of titanium pins was particularly the falseness we are talking about. Does yours have either of these treatments? You should be able to tell by the hitch pins which would be titanium too. This required drilling the holes at an angle and the hitch pins will not be bent. Andrew Anderson At 04:34 PM 4/16/2007, you wrote: >Hi Fred > >I have a Sauter 220 under my care here in Bergen. Under 2 years old. >Its a wonderful sounding instrument with a clarity and fullness I >find often lacking in this age where Yamaha has come to dominate so >much. It is one of my absolute most favorite instruments >really. Tho as much as I like it, honesty compels me to admit that >it is anything but free of single string beats. It is by no means >plagued by them... but they are there and have been from day one. >Cheers >RicB > > > Hi Alan, > Sauter uses titanium bridge pins on premium pianos (at least > the concert grand, maybe a smaller one as well). That's one hard > metal. Ulrich Sauter thinks it makes a difference. They also use > titanium for a couple other bearing points, and ebony bridge cap > in the high treble (again, concert grand). The ebony is dense, > hard, and probably the least hygroscopically active (reaction to > humidity change) wood around. Me, I was quite impressed by the > Sauter concert grand at Rochester. Wish I'd had more time to > spend with it. A real showcase of solid termination, and the > crystal clear sound you get from it. > As for finding titanium pins on the open market, it ain't > gonna happen. Sauter has them made to order by a jeweler, as I > recall. It's not easy material to work with. Maybe there is > something intermediate out there that could be used, if there > was enough demand. > Regards, > Fred Sturm > University of New Mexico > fssturm at unm.edu > --
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