>> There is a recording made at Elon College NC on a Steinway D 1926 that >> you put a beautiful beautiful board in... John Foy, the rebuilder, >> requested a TopHigh hammer weight when I designed touch weight components. >> This piano is VERY popular. Ruth Laredo raved about it etc.... There is a >> recording recently made with this piano and the tone is vibrant, and as >> varied as a painters palette. I'll get more information on this if anyone >> on the list wants to order it and have listen... > >Thanks David but I am sure I had nothing to do with its success. Surly >someone has rectified all my mistakes. Having read many of the posts >here about the marvels of piano re-engineering from the most notable >rebuilders around I now know that if you want to have any success form a >Steinway D you must do a lot more than I did. Shame on me but I didn't >redesign the string scale or move the bridge. Nor did I do anything >about the absurdly short back string lengths (I am just scared to death >of the sparks from a metal grinder). I am sure John Foy spent a lot of >time redoing my work. What did he do about the soundboard? I now realize >that the steinway people had no idea how to build a soundboard. Gosh, I >didn't even install a longer cut-off bar or move the position of the ribs! > >John Hartman RPT John, You made a beautiful board, a reproduction of the original did you not? It's beautiful work and John Foy set up the action with TopHigh hammer weights (Hamburg Hammers) and voiced it beautifully. He took a long time to develop the tone..... John Foy didn't redo any of your work, he just did what he does very well. You did what you do very well, I helped with the TouchDesign. etc.... it's called "Team Rebuilding".... I think it's the best way to make the best rebuilt pianos. The piano sold for a record price by virtue of it's quality... Cheers, David
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