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. 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" ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070417/9d95a205/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 66800 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070417/9d95a205/attachment-0006.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 46165 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070417/9d95a205/attachment-0007.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 57805 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070417/9d95a205/attachment-0008.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 40320 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070417/9d95a205/attachment-0009.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 40522 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070417/9d95a205/attachment-0010.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 75215 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070417/9d95a205/attachment-0011.jpe
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC