seeking clarity, was relevance of bridge pin spacing

[Gene Nelson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 12:48 PM
Subject: seeking clarity, was relevance of bridge pin spacing


> Being far from the expert here... I just wanted to throw in a couple 
> bits.... first is your question leaves me a bit confused as to what you 
> are actually asking. If you change your front pin positions for reasons 
> like avoiding interference between neighboring bridge pin sets... how 
> can you avoid not altering the scale ? Speaking length changes yes... 
> perhaps this is not what you were saying... ?
> 
> 
>    In my case both front and rear pin positions would be shifted from
>    their
>    position on the original bridge.  Maybe in Frank and Ron's case the
>    hitch
>    pins have not been positioned yet? Am I missing something?
> 
> Just a quick comment about the Hamburg Steinway changes.  Besides the 
> string length changes mentioned... they have also gone to a more U 
> shaped capo profile, which is hardened far more then in earlier years... 
> and is specified as 0.7 mm wide now instead of a 0.5 mm V profile.
> 
> Their decision to go to a shorter C88 length may have been prompted by a 
> desire to harden the capo.  ??
> 
> 
> 
>    Gene
> 
> Cheers
> RicB
> 
>