I'm not familiar with the Steinway Magic Circle. Could you elaborate? --- Phillip Ford Piano Service & Restoration 1777 Yosemite Ave San Francisco, CA 94124 On Tue, 14 Aug 2001 23:24:00 Richard Brekne wrote: >Been following along this whole thread with lots of interest and couldnt help throwing into >the wash (from afar and with a decided delay) that this whole line of reasoning begins to >stir up that "Magic Circle" wash that a few of us have heard from the Steinway camp. > >I wonder tho, just how it is that energy leakage through the front termination, evnt. >counterbearings, through the pins, into the plate via the pinblock is supposed to increase >power. Would seem to me that such a leakage would be more an acoustical shunt then anything >else. Anyone care to explain the "logic" of this idea ? > >larudee@pacbell.net wrote: > >> Another point to consider is that only a small proportion of the string energy is going >> to reach the front flange and pin block area of the plate. If everything is working >> right, most of it will be absorbed through the bridge, and the next largest portion >> partly reflected and partly absorbed by the capo bar. Only a small remainder will get >> through to flange and pin block. >> >> Even if it does work as intended, we need to remember that the tuning pins are 3 or 4 >> times farther above the pin block in a closed design and that string tension is >> therefore exerting that much more leverage upon them. To the extent that string energy >> might be absorbed by the pinblock/plate in an open face design, wouldn't it be at least >> as likely to be absorbed by the flex of the tuning pins in a closed design? > >-- >Richard Brekne >RPT, N.P.T.F. >Bergen, Norway >mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > > > Get 250 color business cards for FREE! http://businesscards.lycos.com/vp/fastpath/
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