[CAUT] Stwy A (6' 1") speaking lengths

[Alan Eder]

Hi Henry,


Thanks for both sets of numbers.  Interesting, for the lowest three samples the speaking lengths in the piano you have is 2 to 9 mm longer than the specs in the manual, C 88 being 1 mm shorter (is 48 mm about as short as short as C 88 gets, on any piano?).


Alan Eder


-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Henry Nicolaides <drsnic4 at hotmail.com>
To: College and University Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Fri, Mar 18, 2011 4:37 am
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Stwy A (6' 1") speaking lengths


Alan,

>From Max Matthias book Steinway Service Manual,  he references Scales of Grand Models: note # 1 being 1454, #20 being 1024, #21 being 1272, and #88 being 49 mm.  We have an "A" serial number 279282 (circa 1935) that measures comparatively.  From the middle of the agraffe or V bar as in #88: #1 measures 1459, #2 measures 1026, #21 measures 1281, and #88 measures 48mm.

Henry Nicolaides



To: caut at ptg.org
From: reggaepass at aol.com
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:14:22 -0400
Subject: [CAUT] Stwy A (6' 1") speaking lengths



Greetings List,


Does anyone have information about speaking lengths (particularly notes nos. 1, 20, 21 and 88) for Steinway model A, 6' 1" (1913).  This could be information either from Steinway itself, or from observation, or even your own notion of what might work best.  The project in question does not involve adding a transition bridge or rescaling, but comparing the original condition of a piano getting a new board and bridge caps with other iterations of the same model.


Many thanks,


Alan Eder




 		 	   		  
 
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