This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment I changed the name of the subject line because a Steinway with reverse = crown has nothing to do with a subject line "New Baldwin" Please follow = questions interspersed below. ---ric=20 I had a new Steinway with the exact same circumstances (full = quarter-inch reverse crown). Stenway wouldn't do anything because their = opinion was that there was nothing wrong with the piano. Terry Farrell How did you determine this? =20 What? The reverse crown, or the Steinway opinion? Okay, okay, I simply = stretched a string tight across the back of the soundboard until it = touched in the center (or there abouts) of the panel and observed that = the ends were a good (or bad) quarter-inch off the panel.=20 =20 The condition you describe, it seems would tend to pull the strings up = off the bridge pins or be pulling the pins out of the bridge. No, it wouldn't do that at all. In my original post I stated that there = was plenty of downbearing. It would appear that the board was = reversed-crowned prior to bridge installation. =20 Was this across the whole bridge?=20 Don't remember - it was before I got into piano technology. I doubt I = measured between all ribs. But a reverse crown between any ribs clearly = suggests a real mess. What model?=20 As stated in original post, 1098 - 46" studio. How new?=20 As stated in original post, new, new, new, only weeks old (at least from = original purchase) when measurements made. Was it sold? =20 As stated in original post, I bought it - waddaya mean? How was the bass bearing. =20 Don't know for sure - my recollection is not clear on that - but I = remember downbearing in general was okay. Do you mean =BC reverse bearing? =20 As stated in original post, downbearing was fine - normal. What would = 1/4 reverse bearing be? Did SnS have a tech of their own evaluate the piano after you? =20 Yes. Even John Patton - I think he was the head of S&S concert techs (or = something like that). Do you mean if you loosened the string and took it off the bridge pins = then pulled it back up, the bridge would be =BC inch below the level of = the string? NO! The downbearing was fine. It would appear that the board was = reversed-crowned prior to bridge installation (most likely explanation). = =20 If so I would like to come and take pictures.=20 ---ric =20 Well, you probably could - a couple months ago I saw the same old piano = still for sale at the local Steinway dealer - I think they were asking = $18K for it! You'd have to talk to them about the photo shoot though. = Somehow I suspect they might not be too interested in it. Oh, BTW, I have at least a dozen 8 x 10 color glossy photos with circles = and arrows and a paragraph on the back of each one that fairly clearly = detail the troubled saga of this piano. Terry Farrell =20 ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/77/15/c9/3d/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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