erwinspiano at aol.com wrote: > Hey Guys > Taking all things into consideration and the comments from Ron,David & > Al most of us will never go back to the drawing board so the simple > wrapped string alternative on the BB & the Stwy B, I suggested is > practical and an improvement to what is already there. > Honestly Ron. I don't object to the sound of the B scale except in > places,the low tenor being the largest one,the second one is the kind of > honky sound on the first bass note/last bass note no.20. Odd, I've never heard a scale I objected to throughout, only in places. <G> The problem is in how bad those places are, isn't it? >Probably > primarily the end of the bridge affect. I think it needs mass there. More likely stiffness. Get high basses too heavy and they tend to clang. > A big chunk of lead in the bridge end might help. > I for one would enjoy hearing what Serge has described as an > improvement and make up my own mind. Sure, but not pointing out the poor scaling practices that produce these problems absolves manufacturers of needing to learn something and not make the same mistakes over and over. The GA1 is a prime example. The GH1 was, I thought, about as nasty a transition as was reasonably possible to expect. I was wrong. The GA1, a new piano for which there was no excuse for not fixing the problem, was actually worse. What's wrong with these pianos is known to a considerable number of people who work on them and rebuild them, and has been for some time. If it's pointed out long and loud enough, maybe manufacturers will eventually get it too. Nah, Ron N
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