Steinway Quality ?

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Hi Richard,

I' ve been there in Hamburg............
In the morning, after having worked for a couple of hours, they have
'breakfast', meaning : a huge pan of huge sausages on the fire, mustard and
bread on the side, and several bottles of Schnapps und Pilsner to enlighten
the party.
So whatddaya expect? (;>)

André


> From: Richard Brekne <rbrekne@broadpark.no>
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 22:36:52 +0200
> To: PTG <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Subject: Steinway Quality ?
> 
> Hi list.... started today boring out extra lead in this Steinway C I
> have going. After working to reduce and even out Strikeweights on
> this instrument, I started on weighing off the keys. Couldnt believe
> what I ran into along the way. All through the middle section there
> were these wild variations. In the worst case, two neighboring keys
> had 14,6 grams difference. (B4 C4). Variance of 6 - 10 grams were
> pretty common.
> 
> Ya gotta wonder how this fits with so called Steinway suberb
> quality. Hard to understand that the origional weigh off  was so
> uneven.  I mean you gotta figure that just about anyone can
> understand that nearly 15 grams of wieght difference in neighboring
> keys has gotta indicate a problem somewhere..... This piano has been
> subject to complaints for about 20 years for uneveness of playing,
> and in general being to heavy and sluggish. Never been fixed...
> 
> I will post my final figures on this tommorrow evening if I get
> time. I ended up droping FW and SW as much as I could without going
> so far as to have to undo anything when I get permission to move the
> capstans. Evening out and reduction of BW from wildly varying and in
> general high to an even 38 tapering to 36 is going to make a big
> positive difference. Assuming that is...grin... that I have managed
> to get this right... hehe..
> 
> --
> Richard Brekne
> RPT, N.P.T.F.
> Bergen, Norway
> mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no
> 
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