Sohmer

[Owen J. Greyling RPT]

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Del, Dale, Jim, Robert, Wim and everyone else...

When the piano arives, the very first thing I am going to do is measure =
the down bearing and see if  I can determine just what direction the =
board is crowned.  I spoke to the owner of the piano again today, I =
asked him if he found the serial number...Oh yes, says he, it's easy to =
remember to..... A435.( Del.. What was that you said about extremely =
high scale tensions...highest I've ever measured?.)  Would you want to =
lower the tension so the piano could comfortably be raised to 440? I =
think I'm in about as deep as I can stand for one day.
By the way.. you guys are truly a great resource. Thanks for your =
interest and support. I will keep all posted on this one.
Thankyou, Owen.
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  Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 6:43 PM
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  In a message dated 3/5/2002 9:27:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, =
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        Has anybody had experience with a Sohmer piano with agraffes on =
the long bridge?=20
        Thankyou,
        Owen

                          Owen
          Yes I have and they went all the way up. I wrote of this =
before but this piano had agraffes all the way up and the board was a =
reverse crown design. Freak design but awesome sound. A difficult on to =
string>

                   Hmmmm....

             Are you sure those were reverse crown by design? Those I've =
done had positive crown. And extremely high scale tensions -- highest =
I've ever measured. Around 62,000 lbs (28,000 kgf +) or better as I =
recall. Took some doing to bring it down and retain the agraffe design =
(as per the customers request).

    Del
              Am I sure. Hmmmmmmm

       You know my wife is the one who usually ask that question and =
generally try to be sure and in this case it was too intentional to be =
an accident. A string across the under side of the belly in many places =
showed the ribbing to be very uniform and symetrical (o.k. Quasi you =
know what I mean) You could have made salad nicely in it once the =
strings were off. Also the bearing was still adequately positive and =
also intentional looking and reasonable. Sustain as long as your life. I =
don't know I liked it. It had what I call the magic soundboard syndrome. =
Any things possible I guess but if it was an accident ,which I doubt, If =
it ain't broke don't fix it.
  >>>>>>>>>>>Dale>>>>>>>>>>>



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