Grand Rim Construction

[Paul]

Ron
You describe what I hear from the Bosendorfers I tune. The 9'6" has a
difficult 4th and 5th octave-inharmonicity? I'm not sure. All other elements
are correct. Great bass, clean but a little thin in the treble. The 7'
pianos actually are easier to hear and tune. But it seems they all should
have better projection. Just my thoughts.

Paul Chick
----- Original Message -----
From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2000 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: Grand Rim Construction


> >Ron
> >How do you explain the kerfed rim that Bosendorfer uses?
> >
> >Paul Chick
>
> I don't, can't, and won't try. I've only tuned two Bosendorfers in the
last
> twenty years. One, an 9'6", had a bass that would knock the bark off of
> trees across the street, and a treble that comparatively seemed hardly
> there at all. The other was a 7' - thereabouts - that I remember as having
> a very pretty, very clear, very thin sound. It's been nearly fifteen years
> since I looked one over, and wouldn't have had much of a clue what I was
> looking at then anyway.
>
> PS: My spell checker tries to change "Bosendorfers" to "Boreholes", and
> "Bosendorfer" to "Boredom". I don't think that means anything, but it
> seemed like something I ought to report.
>
> Ron N
>