Steinway B Scale Conversion

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Sun Apr 1 21:44:52 MDT 2007


> | I haven't floated a bass on a piano that big. Did the result 
> | seem worth the work in that case?
> | Ron N
> 
> Somewhere along there you do reach a point of diminishing returns. I don't get
> adamant about doing them on pianos of around 7' and longer. I've done one 9'
> piano just to see what the results might be and I'm not convinced it was worth
> the effort.
> 
> Del 


That's what I figured. From what I've done, somewhere between 
6 1/2' and 7' seems to be a practical limit, depending on 
what's available for potential back scale length.

Ron N


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