Killer Octave

[Don]

Hi Ron O.

One of the nicest "cheapo" grands I have seen is a Young Chang 200 cm.
(G-200) It has a Steinway style "bell" at the treble end and each three
string unison has one looped and one tied string. It sounds great, and I'd
buy it in a "flash".

Of course--it is no longer made. Why would they want to have a success eh?
*grin*

At 11:43 AM 09/09/2001 +1000, you wrote:
>
>While on the topic of the killer zone, I suspect that the 'tone 
>collector' of Steinway pianos might indeed be a 'tone dissipator'. If 
>you check the location of the connection bolt from 'collector' to 
>plate, you will notice that it connects adjacent to the so called 
>'killer' zone, or should we say 'killed' zone. Just last week I 
>crawled under a D to feel the movement at the collector bolt under 
>heavy playing (try it - you'll be amazed). The next D I rebuild (if 
>it ever happens again) will likely get another beam and set bolt in 
>place of that suspect device. I'm not suggesting that the problem is 
>the 'collector' alone, but I suspect it is contributing to the 
>problem. It would be interesting to compare the Yamaha CFs with and 
>without the tone collector. Gosh its good to see marketing dictating 
>design as usual isn't it?
>
>I think I'll go before things get out of hand.
>
>Ron O
>-- 
>Overs Pianos
>Sydney Australia
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Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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