Vladan wrote: > > 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. Correct. But I think an interesting question is: Do they work as well as they can? > 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. Terry Farrell
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