rear string lengths

[Erwinspiano@aol.com]

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In a message dated 12/5/2002 2:41:31 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
sec@overspianos.com.au writes:
        Dale
> >> Other contributing factors would be wide cases/board of Mason and Hamlins
>  
>  Ron
> What do you mean by wide cases/board ?
>  
> 
> >>   Dale
           And good scales (mostly)
      
            Ron Overs
  
           Hey Ron
           Came up for breath did You?  What I meant was that the Mason cases 
are wider from the spine over to the curve Does that make a sense? Not a 
narrow body like an early Stwy from the 1880s. It's Fat as the kids say here. 
So the boards have more square inches than some longer pianos and the bridges 
therefore are more in the center of the board which would be the most 
flexible area.
   I now own a Double A 6 ft 1inch  or so from 1950 with the original 
compression crowned board that sounds glorious. I ran the numbers for the 
string scale and it was very even tension  in the 150's lb.. It has five 
wrapped strings on the end of the tenor bridge. I know all the bad press this 
arrangement has gotten but I've not heard cleaner cross overs ever. The sound 
is gloriously unbeleivable. 12 seconds of sustain ant c-6 about 15 or more at 
note 55 thru 60 My sister bought its twin only 1 serial no. apart and just as 
gloroius. The factory should make this piano again. The rim is as thick as 
the Stwy D in the back room
 Thanks for the post I appreciate the feedback.
    Regards
       Dale Erwin

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