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<DIV>In a message dated 2/15/2005 1:47:32 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
Erwinspiano writes:</DIV>
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<DIV> Hi Bill</DIV>
<DIV> Thanks for the honest assessment . While your words are tr=
ue
it wasn't as good as the lower registers but when it was first tuned at a-=
440
there was nothing ,nada ,zip. The solution in my mind is to scal=
e
for A-440 & moved the bridge around as much as possible to accommodate=
it.. Had I done this note 85 was at least 58 or 60 mm or more & =
the
increased tension would have helped greatly.It was quite a few
years ago & I'd do it differently now. Live & learn!</DIV>
<DIV> I will say that in spite of its' weaknesses when I had som=
e
real pianist play it ,the weaker treble octaves were rather camouflaged an=
d
not horribly objectionable. The string lengths up there were so short . Wh=
at
were they thinking?You Know.</DIV>
<DIV> Dale</DIV>
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Schull wrote</FONT></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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=2>Actually I
was very disappointed in the top 2.5 to 3 octaves of the piano you rebuilt, =
when
tuned to A-457, this is why I am concluding that A-457 isn't the solution (a=
nd
may have been part of Steinway's attempt to solve the problem). Not on=
ly
did the sound improve enough (it DID improve), but the numbers were still no=
t
right when running the numbers on PScale. Unfortunately I don't have
access to those numbers right now... <BR></FONT></DIV>
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Pianos Restorations <BR>4721 Parker Rd.<BR>Modesto, Ca
95357<BR>209-577-8397<BR>Rebuilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin
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