---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Ric Well whatever the truth of the matter is & perhaps we don't know all of it. I rarely see Hamburg Steinways but the several newer ones I've seen were knock outs tonally. The Os' I've seen are wonderful sounding pianos. I heard something truly different than the NY version. Keep in mind that some crown in the rib is better than none & a spruce rib in my opinion, in the Hamburg Stwy a better choice in wooden engineering materials than the softer sugar pine ribs of purely CC boards. The tone tells a huge story. Maybe not a perfect design but headed in a better direction than some. Thanks for the information Dale David As Ron reminded, and has others have stated many times before Rib crowning are not mutually exclusive, and in this case obviously both are present. To what degree is another matter. They just dont use the method of drying the panel to very low EMC's to get there, opting instead for pressing in a caul with a greater curve then that found on the ribs. In any case my opinion of their tone quality of course remains unchanged, and I fail to see why it should be affected. I simply reported to the list my observations for everyones own edifications. I do this all the time, and most often it seems manufacturers are drying out to very low EMC's to gain whatever compression levels they want. Seemed only fair to, in the same spirit of curiousity and non-biased interest, report this experience as well. On a side, they confirmed what John Patton said to me a couple years back, that in New York they dry to 5 - 5.5 % EMC before ribbing. Otherwise they follow similar methods. Cheers RicB ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/53/46/4c/f9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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