<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0">In a message dated 3/5/2002 9:27:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, pianobuilders@olynet.com writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>Re: Sohmer </B><BR>
Date:3/5/2002 9:27:35 AM Pacific Standard Time<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">----- Original Message ----- <BR>
<B>From:</B> <A HREF="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</A> <BR>
<B>To:</B> <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> <BR>
<B>Sent:</B> March 05, 2002 6:12 AM<BR>
<B>Subject:</B> Re: Sohmer <BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Has anybody had experience with a Sohmer piano with agraffes on the long bridge? </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Thankyou,</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Owen</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0"> Owen<BR>
Yes I have and they went all the way up. I wrote of this before but this piano had agraffes all the way up and the board was a reverse crown design. Freak design but awesome sound. A difficult on to string><BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE> </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0">Hmmmm....</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0"> Are you sure those were reverse crown by design? Those I've done had positive crown. And extremely high scale tensions -- highest I've ever measured. Around 62,000 lbs (28,000 kgf +) or better as I recall. Took some doing to bring it down and retain the agraffe design (as per the customers request).</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0"><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000080" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0">Del</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0"><BR>
Am I sure. Hmmmmmmm<BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE> You know my wife is the one who usually ask that question and generally try to be sure and in this case it was too intentional to be an accident. A string across the under side of the belly in many places showed the ribbing to be very uniform and symetrical (o.k. Quasi you know what I mean) You could have made salad nicely in it once the strings were off. Also the bearing was still adequately positive and also intentional looking and reasonable. Sustain as long as your life. I don't know I liked it. It had what I call the magic soundboard syndrome. Any things possible I guess but if it was an accident ,which I doubt, If it ain't broke don't fix it.<BR>
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