Steinway Upright completed

[Erwinspiano at aol.com]

HI All
  I sent thru some info on a restoration in  process , an 1880's Steinway 
up., last month & said I'd report on the  outcome.  I applied a rib crowned 
boared & made the panel in house  from some very tight Sitka planks. The new board 
now has a belly bigger than  mine. grin. Oh what a booming  sound before it 
was  strung!!
    This scale has a bizarre 20 note bass  & I changed the original  tenor 
string arrangement transition from 2  bichords 7 tri-chords to all bi-chords.  
What a smooth &  sonorous transition this turned out to be. The bass note 20 to 
tenor note  21 is the most noticeable but blends well & immediately by 
playing  chromatically thru the section & then from note 27 to plain wire 28 is  
virtually invisible. I also eliminated the cantilever from the bass bridge set  
up.
  I just returned from the beach house where it was  craned into. I had a 
chance to dial in the voicing & tuning in it's home  location which is always 
waaaay different acoustically from my shop & the  outcome tonally was very 
satisfying.  The trebles were very, very clear,  with more sustain than any S&S 
upright I've ever encounterd. However this  scale has the same strike line 
problems most Steinway grands  do & I  had to alter the hammers line from f-5 thru F- 
6 , moving them closer to  the top termination by only about 2 mm but what a 
huge  difference.
  The bass tonality is beautiful & the client who  has not played on the 
refined & voiced version said it was a miraculous  change.  Always good to hear 
this!   She plays well & has a  very fussy pair of ears. I can't say the removal 
of the cantilever ,at least  in this case was an improvement. It seemed like 
I could more easily change  partial spectrum & it was a very robust bottom  
end/fundamental.
  The entire job was more expensive than we all thought  but I did it for my 
own reasons. However Its' my last Stwy upright.  Way  to much of Murphy's law 
at work plus the entire super structure was coming  apart & was totally 
reglued & re-enforced.
  Hope this is interesting to some
  regards to all
  Dale Erwin  R.P.T.

  Other pictures are in the archives

 
  

Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations
4721 Parker  rd
Modesto, Ca. 95357
Shop 209-577-8397
Web site _http://www.Erwinspiano.com_ (http://www.erwinspiano.com/)  
Restoration & Sales of
Steinway &  Sons & other fine pianos.
" Soundboards by  Design"








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