<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re: [CAUT] Nossaman D</title></head><body> <div>Hi Dave,</div> <div><br></div> <div>Was most interested to read your report on Ron N's remanufactured D. I've been fortunate to receive a few images of the work in progress, and was expecting big things from this project. Glad to hear your review, and I look forward to hearing a recording of the instrument when one becomes available.</div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman">We just got a piano back from Ron Nossaman's shop last Friday.  It used to be a Steinway D.  It is now a Nossaman D.  What a wonderful sounding instrument!  Gone are the irritating wound trichords, all the false beats and the killer octave.  Now it has a tenor bridge with 5 wound bichords, a new bass bridge disconnected from the treble bridge, a large bass cut-off bar, a treble fish, 22 ribs, and many other enhancements.  I hope Ron will jump in here and give whatever technical details he wants to give.  He even has some pictures of various parts of the redesign I hope he'll post.</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman">The new back action now has capstans under each underlever and the keys have an additional maple plate on the top of the key to help reduce key flex.  I am elated with the whole thing.  There are new ideas in piano construction even though not from our piano factories.  The Steinway D has been redesigned 4 times since its first introduction in 1859 as the Style 4.  The last changes Steinway made were in 1915 so surely that's modern enough!</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman">This is the way a piano should sound IMHO!</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman">dave</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman">__________________________</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">David M. Porritt, RPT</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Meadows</font><font size="-1"> School of the Arts</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Southern Methodist University</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Dallas</font><font size="-1">, TX 75275</font></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu"><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">dporritt@smu.edu</font></a></blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></blockquote> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <x-sigsep><pre>-- </pre></x-sigsep> <div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1" color="#0000FF"><b>OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY</b></font></div> <div><font color="#000000"><i>   </i></font><font color="#0000FF"><i>Grand Piano Manufacturers</i></font><font color="#000000"><br> _______________________</font></div> <div><font size="-2" color="#000000"><br> </font><font color="#000000">Web http://overspianos.com.au</font></div> <div><font color="#000000">mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au<br> _______________________</font></div> </body> </html>