Hazen's Question re. rescaling/liking/knowing.

[Joseph Garrett]

Hazen,
One of the main factors of Scaling an existing piano, is that the scaler HAS
to evaluate what is on the piano, originally, and determine the INTENT of
the DESIGNER. To arbitrarily change things to get what you think the piano
should be, without this consideration is ludicrous IMHO. I've seen, WAY too
many pianos, scaled in the fashion of another piano to make me barf. (ie a
Mason & Hamlin scaled to sound like a Steinway). We MUST be cognizant of the
intent of the owner of the piano. If the owner bought it because the sound
pleased him/her, then our job is to simply improve upon the original design
w/o losing the intended character/intent of the original piano. This has
been my credo from the get go and it hasn't failed me yet. (knock on
spruce!) <G>
Regards,
Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)