There was a piano maker here in San Francisco, Heine, right on O'Farrell Street. Made a pretty good upright...up O'Farrell a bit, near Polk is the Mitchell Bros. Theatre....XXX, Where this is going I don't know...;-] ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: Farrell <mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 21:04:41 -0400 Subject: Re: Restringing the Middle section of Michael G's S&S 'A' >Well, rumor has it that several generations ago it was O'Farrell........ >TF >> Now, Mr. McFarrell, sure and I can tell you've been kissin' the Blarney >> stone 'cause you've got moss all over your lips. >> >> Alan Barnard >> Salem, MO >> >> Exactly. And maybe the six coils makes the vibrations gain rotational >> energy >> and stay inside the piano rather than leak out if they were allowed to >> travel in a straight line. No doubt something like this would be an >> intricate part of the circle of sound..... ;-) >> >> Terry Farrell >> >>> I can't help but ask, but how would the number of coils around the tuning >>> pins >>> have anything at all to do with the sound? Is this similar to the "fact" >>> that if >>> one doesn't put "original" S & S parts on a Steinway, it's no longer a >>> Steinway? >:-} >>> >>> Avery >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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