Steinway B tenor conversion report

[Farrell]

Keeping with this approach of utilizing the original long bridge and bass 
bridge, let's say in a case where the piano will be restrung - or at least 
the bass will be restrung, is there a potential for further improvement if 
you were to rescale the bass. What I am asking is did you have to go through 
scaling contortions to rescale those four notes compared to if you were 
rescaling the four notes PLUS the entire bass section?

Of course, best improvement is complete new scale, new bridges, moved 
bridges and a transition bridge.

I've done something similar to what you have done, only on smaller pianos 
will very good results (and of course, smaller pianos with BIGGER transition 
problems have the potential for more improvement!). But each time I have 
done that I have also had the entire piano rescaled (including the bass). I 
just wondered how much utilization of the original bass scale might restrict 
your scale design work on those four low tenor notes.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
>> 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?
>
> Yes you are, exactly.
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>> Sounds like great results for a minimal/easy-to-do upgrade. Good show 
>> guys.
>>
>> Terry Farrell
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> Still not exactly a fix, but a definite improvement.
> Ron N
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