Steinway B tenor conversion report

[Farrell]

Am I correct to understand that a transition bridge was NOT added to the 
belly system - i.e. four plain-wire tricords were converted to wound bicords 
on the original long bridge and the original bass scale/strings were kept?

Sounds like great results for a minimal/easy-to-do upgrade. Good show guys.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
>> The sound was initially improved about 30-40% over the
>> original.  The new strings rendered the tone fairly
>> meek.  After pounding the hammers in and voicing the
>> strings somewhat, I gave the piano a few days and some
>> playing time by the pianist to see what the tone would
>> do.  It became a little bit stronger.  To add some
>> attack and immediacy to the tone I added
>> keytop/acetone.  Followed up with some needling and
>> more improvement was realized.
>
> I suspect the low tenor had been voiced down to minimize the original 
> scaling problem.
>
>
>> I would say that now the improvement over the original
>> is about 50% and may get even a little better yet. The customer is happy. 
>> I appreciate the help of
>> people like Ron N. and others on this list who help
>> our learning to zoom along rather than creep.
>>   Happily,
>> Bob Hull
>
> Thanks for the report, and the plug, Bob. I'd been wondering how it worked 
> out for you. Glad I could help.
>
> Ron N
>