George Steck grand

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

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>Just what is the bass string termination? I've not seen a George Steck with
>a capo tastro bar down there but, of course, I've not seen them all and
>George was fairly inventive. Or is it just a string coming over a bearing
>bar with pins or something--ala typical upright style? In the bass it
>doesn't take much to provide an adequate termination.
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>Del


My folks had a '60s era neo-natal Steck [Aeolian?], and as I recall, it had 
a capo for all but the bottom 4 or 5 where it had big bridge pins. Very 
similar to  upright configuration and for the same reason - there is a 
large lateral angle to the string. Otherwise the tuning pins would have to 
be outside of the case(or case much wider).



Conrad Hoffsommer

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