<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Hi Dale!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>You wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B> <A title=Erwinspiano@aol.com href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 09, 2005 = 5:15 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Steinway O = Redesign</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000> <DIV>   </DIV> <DIV>   Dear Belly heads</DIV> <DIV>   Some months ago I started a project to answer a = question about the parameters of the old S.S. O sound board design</DIV> <DIV>    . I have always felt it's  board = design  deficient. It seemed that occasionally I'd find an old well preserved = one here in CA that really sounded quite good but most , even under the = best of circumstances had flat boards or just lifeless tone. The hazards = of C. C. crowning aside, this narrow design parameters & lack luster tone I surmise  is one reason the model was changed in 1923 =  to the more successful square tail design of the L.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr>I was a little surprised by what you wrote here. I have = heard a lot of people say that the O is better than the L and M. An all O's I've = heard were better than average. For such a short piano they have a really good bass = and lots of power.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>What design parameters do you consider bad in the = O?</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV>    The O I'm currently ushering out the door this = week has a redesigned board . I added a modest straight cutoff bar. I = also added an extra rib for more support in the treble so that in the first = capo section there are three ribs supporting the killer octave.  These = taller less wide ribs are also fanned into  the treble. There is no more = killer octave, no weak notes. It's strong & clear with so much pop & = power & wonderful sustain. All sustain freaks should welcome this.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr>Do you have any pictures and recordings of this = redesigned piano? I'd like to see what you did to it.</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>Regards,</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> Calin Tantareanu<BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR>&nb= sp;<A href="http://calintantareanu.tripod.com">http://calintantareanu.tripod.= com</A><BR>----------------------------------------------------</DIV></FO= NT></BODY></HTML>