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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This is the way a piano should sound =
IMHO!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
12.0pt'>dave<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:
12.0pt'>__________________________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>David M. Porritt, RPT</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Meadows</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> <st1:PlaceType =
w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> of the =
Arts</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Southern <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName =
w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType =
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:=
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font =
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Dallas</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>, <st1:State =
w:st="on">TX</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
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w:st="on">75275</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><o:p></o:p></=
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12.0pt'><a href="mailto:dporritt@smu.edu"><font size=2><span =
style='font-size:
10.0pt'>dporritt@smu.edu</span></font></a></span><o:p></o:p></font></p>
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