What I was trying to say (but didn't very well) is that pianos evolved throughout the 19th century, but stagnated in the 20th. The current scale Steinway B was designed in 1884. Do some think that this is the apex of development and we shouldn't get away from it? dp David M. Porritt dporritt@smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of Delwin D Fandrich Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 12:15 PM To: Pianotech Subject: RE: screw-stringers | -----Original Message----- | From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org]On | Behalf Of Porritt, David | Sent: March 09, 2005 9:41 AM | To: Pianotech | Subject: RE: screw-stringers | | | Yesterday I was tuning a harpsichord and thinking of how the action | could be improved. Then, I thought, you can't improve them because | these are but copies of historical instruments and they wouldn't be | authentic if you improved them. | | Is this where the piano is now? Are the factories not wanting to | improve them because they've found their historic benchmark in 1905 and | if they are improved they won't be historically authentic? | | dp | | David M. Porritt | dporritt@smu.edu The sound of the so-called modern piano is anything but "historically authentic." One could even go so far as to say that many, if not most, are an insult to history. Del _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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