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

[Ron Nossaman]

On 3/22/2011 6:56 PM, Overs Pianos wrote:
> At 7:20 PM +0000 18/3/11, Dr. Henry Nicolaides wrote:
>> . . . It is interesting. I think there are specs and then there is the
>> real world in dealing with variables in manufacturing and assembly.
>
> Well that depends upon who is doing the manufacturing and assembly.
> What's the point in having specs if there is no commitment to building
> to the spec, since its a sure way to waste a lot of time when things
> don't line up?

That's been a fundamental question for a very long time. Answer, still 
pending.


> Of all the Steinways we've rebuilt over the years, I can't ever recall
> seeing one where the datum holes in the plate matched the datum marks on
> the soundboard.

Some piano somewhere surely does. One must believe.
Ron N