I don't think anything is wrong with Opinions. I value simple educated & experiential opinions. I value them, & folks here on the list, otherwise the list would have zero meaning & ability to help me & others. In terms of A B experiements & the duplex thing I recently rebuilt a 1980's Steinwy B. It went home last week so this is fresh. New strings Action etc. A great Board. Lovely sound. The factory draft angle on the front duplex had been increased dramatically over the usual low angle. I didn't measure it but it looked more like a Mason Hamlin BB than Most Stwy B. The point is there was no leakage at forte levels & the sound was clear & focused. I prefer that to the sound & loss of leakages which seems to be one point of this thread. Are new Bs adopting this or was it just a glitch? hope not Just one mans opinion Dale Erwin My experience (anecdotal evidence of course) from having changed many Steinway counterbearing areas and left most other things alone (except for new strings, bridge renotching, and capo shaping) is that there is no noticeable change in the character of the tone, however there is a noticeable change in the clarity, power, sustain and propensity for leakage. That might be heard as a change in tonal character but I don't consider it one. Rather, it seems more like a mechanical optimization of what's already there; tonal changes, in this case, being limited to changes in soundboard response. Whether or not my "perceptions" constitute absolute proof in pure scientific terms, I'd have to say they don't and could be construed as a simple matter of opinion. David Love davidlovepianos at comcast.net www.davidlovepianos.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20061024/994754ca/attachment-0001.html
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