The Soundboard Thing

[Erwinspiano at aol.com]

Hi  Stan
  Again ,a great  review & thank you most humbly for the glowing accolades to 
us all.  As  a matter of slightly further clarification on the action & 
giving full  credit where it is due  on David's Steinway C, I did the custom  
tweaked back action & spent a good deal of time getting the new keyboard  position 
in the action cavity pursuant to a new strike line setting etc ,.   But after 
that Steve Belleiu & David A. built the whole action from the  ground up with 
new action frame, parts & custom balanced the action  using  Stanwood protocol 
& further S. Bellieu wizardry. David  performed voicing magic & final prep. 
Superb  job.....dudes.
  This C came with a  mason hamlin keyboard & back action. A real jumbled 
bumbled piece of  backyard mechanic --ing
  Dale  Erwin

Friends,
 
Dale Erwin asked me to  share with the List (though some, mostly editors, 
have seen it before) this  article that I wrote and which was published in the 
September 2006 issue of  The Wippenpost, the Chicago Chapter newsletter, of 
which I am the  editor.  If it can add to this discussion in any way, I am happy 
to do  so.
 
  A most impressive instrument!  David Andersen, of Malibu CA, described his 
business of  custom restoration, showing his magnificent Steinway C with a 
soundboard built  by Dale Erwin, from Modesto CA, and the rest  of the piano 
rebuilt completely by Dave and his shop and design partner, Steve  Bellieu.  (In a 
later  correction to this article, it was explained that Dale had designed 
the entire  belly AND had provided an entirely new action and keyboard, as the 
piano had  arrived with an unworkable, nonstandard action and keyboard.  Dave 
and Steve had weighed off and  tweaked the action further, resulting in 
wonderful touch and  control.)  In the  mini-concert that followed, my bell was rung 
completely by that  instrument—after a life spent in music, I have now heard 
THE finest piano  sound I’ve ever experienced.  The  instrument positively 
sparkles!  In addition, the keyboard has been  painstakingly balanced, a feature 
that the pianist complimented profusely  after his performance.   


Stan Ryberg 
Barrington IL  
jstan40 at sbcglobal.net



 
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