Hi Ric, I recently looked at the scales of the various Steinway pianos, keeping in mind that the current practice in scale design aims to keep uniform tension within a section. The models B and A - two of the most coveted S&S pianos - have relatively uneven tensions in the low tenor. Yet the pianos do work. I have never had a chance to hear instruments with modified scales side by side, so I can't judge if the original design improves greatly by rescaling, but I know that there are many pianos with scales that show very even tensions and yet I don't like the way they sound/feel. Again, it's rarely any one thing that makes a complex thing work well. Vladan ================= I agree completely. Have never bought into the idea that there is anything wrong with the Steinway bass. Its ... different then how some other pianos go about it. And one either likes that difference or not, to be sure. But to try declare outright that the Steinway bass is dead, or that the scaling is bad... ... Cheers RicB __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - now with 250MB free storage. Learn more. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250
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