Aside from detuning the front duplexes, which of the mentioned items doesn't exist on at least one of the Steinway models at some time? The Hamburg C has a cutoff bar, the NY M and others do not; the larger models do not have a cantilever in the bass; various models employ different types of scaling and transition bridges; the bridge notching in the low tenor and bass that produces unequal speaking lengths on some notes is not used on every model; etc.. So with the exception of the rib design, perhaps, and the tuned front duplexes, think of it as taking the best ideas and using them on a model which does not, if that makes you feel better. I don't really consider it a problem. David Love davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > [Original Message] > From: <A440A@aol.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Date: 5/10/2003 1:04:42 AM > Subject: Re: Rear Duplex Bars on Steinways: > > David writes: > > > such things as the addition of cutoff bars, belly bracing, modifying the > >bass bridge cantilever to increase backscale length, detuning the front > >duplexes, rescaling, squaring the bridge notching in the low tenor and bass > sections, crowing the > >ribs, ; All of these "redesigns", will improve the overall > >performance of the piano and I don't consider it in any way a desecration > >of the original, just an improvement. > > Greetings, > Hmm, maybe I should wait until you define "desecration". This list > of "things to do" is more than refining makers' oversights, it is > re-engineering the sounding structure. How far can a Steinway get its sound > improved without sounding like something other than a Steinway? I would > question, are we simply continuing on the developmental trajectory that the > originators of Steinways had in mind, or are we attempting to invent our own > sound by using a Steinway as our bass, (treble ahead?). > > Ed Foote RPT > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/ > www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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