David L, David A
Yes,well I tuned & evaluated an 8 year old D today that was rented
locally. It was voiced with the usual Big bright concetro hall sound. Nothing wrong
with that. Lots of power but not much sweetness. Plucking notes in the
killer octaves displayed more sustain than the hammers were able to give in there
condition, so it lacked any tonal change over the dynamic range. But it had a
fair voice.
Using a crown string revealed little residual crown though the bass end
& none in the top. However It had plenty of bearing in the top trebles.
Problem for me was that the bridge slope was either flat or angling downhill on
the speaking length side of the entire bridge so all the bearing force was
applied basically at the rear pins. No real problems tonally yet. Not the
ideal situation. The dealer interestingly is ready to unload it.... uh huh.
They do that periodicly. IMO the entire bridge slope is not right & it's only
going to get worse as the compression in the board relaxes. This is a
given. To me this is huge belly set up issue that unless your'e looking closely
for, might go un noticed for a season or many.
I didn't recommend the piano unless he got a deal & was willing to invest.
Dale Erwin
BTW, I don't agree with David Andersen on the soundboard/front end ratio, at
least not exactly. While outright failures are not that common, unevenness
in outcomes is, especially through the treble sections. I think that
inconsistency is inherent in the process and we too easily learn to accept
less than is possible.
David Love
davidlovepianos at comcast.net
www.davidlovepianos.com
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