<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1170" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 6/23/04 10:02:21 AM Central Daylight Time, A440A@aol= .com writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><= FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>>>I could not find any evidence that any bridges or the pla= te had been moved<BR>from the original positions.  So, I'm thinking that "brassy" sound Otto was<BR>hearing may have been due to the scaling of the= piano, and not to the<BR>agraffes themselves.<<<BR><BR>These pianos = have their own sound, and it is pretty bright.  </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV>On the few Sohmers I've encountered I found the sound to be more "howli= ng," than brassy. Maybe it's just a difference in interpreting the sound. But&nbs= p;it doesn't sound like a "normal" piano.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I think there were some posts some time back about replacing the bridge with a normal one. Anyone remember who did that, and the resulting sound?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Wim </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Willem Blees, RPT<BR>Piano tuner/technician<BR>School of Music<BR>University of Alabama<BR></DIV></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>