bosendorfer imperial pianos

[Lynn Rosenberg]

    Well, in my opinion, if you are going to learn how to rebuild a piano,
get an old upright for free, provided the pinblock is still good, do
everything the piano needs.  Even get one that needs new action parts,
provided you can get them, repair sound board etc.  After you master that do
the same with a cheep grand.  Youmay not make a lot of money but you'll gain
a lot of knowledge.  Lynn Rosenberg

----- Original Message -----
From: Kristinn Leifsson <istuner@islandia.is>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 5:51 AM
Subject: Re: bosendorfer imperial pianos


>
> Hi Stephen,
> nice to see some young blood around the geriatrics here,
>
> I don´t rebuild pianos, so I don´t feel confident in giving you advice in
> that.
>
>
> >I often notice that I might be able to get the temperament fairly good in
> >tune, but there'll often be a stray wildly-beating fifth or two (about
> >3-5bps near the midrange of the piano)
>
> However my dear man, if you have " a wildly beating fifth or two" near the
> midrange, the temperament is to blame :-)
> And as things go, if you have a wildly beating fifth, you must have a pure
> and a reverse fourth, and a pure and a  diabolically fast third...
>
> That´s it, it´s like building a house of cards, the foundation has to be
> "perfect"
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kristinn
>
> P.S. Are you by any chance breaking my youth record here?
> If thou art younger than 21 we suggest thou vanisheth with utmost haste
> lest  we shall have to thrash thee! <g>
>
>
>