Piano Design Question

[Farrell]

Thanks for all the responses. Either maybe I'm not so crazy after all, or 
several others are just a kookey as me! This all makes for good night time 
cranial processing.....

Terry Farrell

> This thread makes me remember an old Blüthner that I ran across, years 
> ago. It had some crossed strings, but not at all in the way we are used to 
> see : the few (4 or 5) highest bass unissons were hardly crossing over the 
> few (4 or 5) lowest tenor ones.  Today no more than then can I understand 
> the purpose of this arrangement.
>
> Stéphane Collin.
>
>> | ... It's interesting to have now arrived at
>> | a time when this dogma can actually be questioned, but, even
>> | now, commercial pressure is strong enough that Del writes....
>> | >The piano we're getting ready to build will be over-strung. Kind of.
>> | >But it's only 6' 7" (200
>> | >cm) and I am interested in selling them.
>> |
>> | Stephen Birkett
>>
>> Keep an eye on that phrase, "Kind of."
>>
>> Del