Will this also radically improve the tone of uprights: V-ing the upper plate bridge to 1mm at top? ( besides providing a little more downbearing, perhaps? ) I usually use wet and dry sandpaper for this area. Thump --- Isaac OLEG <oleg-i@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > David, > > Mc Morrow in what fabulous book ? > > I use to shape (file and smooth) the Vbar with the > frame reversed. > I've never done it in the piano (Steinway pre 1984) > without removing > the frame, but I am afraid that will be necessary in > that precise > case, the few notes I made when changing strings > where yet sounding so > much better almost twice long of full sound. > > Any good trick to obtain a good shape then. > > I noticed that the Bosendorfer have a brass flat > bar, and the treble > is very poor on these pianos. > > BTW is it about 1984 or 1985 that S&S Hamburg begin > to harden their > capo bars ? not really sure of the year. > > > Thanks > > Regards. > > Isaac OLEG > > > > > > > -----Message d'origine----- > > De : owner-pianotech@ptg.org > > [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]De la part > > de David Andersen > > Envoye : samedi 7 septembre 2002 09:06 > > A : pianotech@ptg.org > > Objet : Re: Capo shape question > > > > > > >but capo badly shaped > > >almost flat, no V shape or even reverse U shape, > more a > > large more or > > >less round surface. > > > > In our experience (100+ pianos) "V-ing out" the > capo bar is > > a great way > > to improve everything about the tone of the > treble. Read > > Ed McMorrow's > > fabulous book for a good technique...... > > > > David A. > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance - Get real-time stock quotes http://finance.yahoo.com
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