Steinway Upright completed

[Greg Newell]

Dale,
         Thanks for sharing the pics. What kind of case wood is that?

Greg Newell






At 12:28 PM 4/17/2007, you wrote:
>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.
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Greg Newell
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