steinway c 1868

[richard.ucci@att.net]

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Dale, great stuff, I'll keep you posted.
RU/UP

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 Hi Ric
    This is not a C but a style 1 or 2 with the S shaped metal soundboard cutoff in the bass corner & aggraffes all the way to the top of the trebles ...Right? some of these were designed to be tuned at a much higher tension during the pitch wars of the late  1800s.   
   I re-bellied one built in 1871 & the original string scale was built for A-458. You need to find out if the rebuilder rescaled for A-440 to answer the question you have asked. At A-440 the scale designed for higher tension will not speak properly but sound dull & lifeless especially in the top 2 agraffe sections  Ask me how I know.
  Measure some string lengths  & th'er corresponding string sizes , At various locations & run them thru a scale design program & see what the tension read out is. If the tensions aren't up round 150 to 60 then something is wrong. 
   Best
  Dale Erwin
Hi List,
New client has a Steinway C . Rebuilt; nice job on strings, original repaired soundboard and bridges, damper job not so great. Dampers falling off lifting uneven etc. 
Can this piano be tuned to a-440? it is about 100 cents flat now. I noticed an unusual curved piece of metal attached to the soundboard at the bass side near the pin block. Can anyone elaborate on it?

Rick Ucci/Ucci Piano 
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