Clyde, Roger & list, If I remember correctly, some of the newer Kawai verticals do not have any back posts. I've often wondered about the long-term stability issue, also. The ones I've seen are on our lease program, so the long-term issue wouldn't apply here. However, it would be interesting to know what research, etc. has been done to determine the need for back posts (or not) from the manufacturer's standpoint. Don, anything you can tell us from Kawai? Just curious. Avery > MY gut instinct >makes me think long term stability may be an issue. SNIP >Roger > > >At 10:54 PM 25/08/98 -0400, you wrote: >>Friends: >> >>As I was tuning a late model Schimmel studio piano today I noticed it >>had no back posts, really no back at all that I could see, other than >>the soundboard and ribs. >> >>Which got me to wondering -- how much of the 20 tons of tension is >>usually on the back and how much is on the plate? Only once before did >>I see a vertical piano without back posts, an old upright. I also >>remember about 20 years ago a salesman pointing out the rather thick >>back posts on Everett studio pianos as an indication of their high >>quality (I knew much less about pianos then than I do now). How >>important are those posts really? >> >>Clyde Hollinger (who is getting tired of adding RPT Lititz PA) ___________________________ Avery Todd, RPT Moores School of Music (__) University of Houston (oo) Mathematical Cow Houston, TX 77204-4893 /---------\/ (Developer of cow-culus) 713-743-3226 / | x=a(b)|| atodd@uh.edu * ||------|| http://www.music.uh.edu/ ~~ ~~
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