<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0">In a message dated 3/21/2002 6:29:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com writes:<BR>
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Date:3/21/2002 6:29:48 PM Pacific Standard Time<BR>
From:<A HREF="mailto:mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com">mfarrel2@tampabay.rr.com</A><BR>
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</FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman Greek" LANG="0"> Your point well taken but with the steinway did you have the strings off??<BR>
I suspect it probably would have come back to at least (or mostly )flat. The sohmer didn't budge and it was so uniform. I;ll add that it did have modest positive crown.<BR>
Also we know that steinways at least have the intention of a positive crown. And it would seem so with most of the sohmers reported on so far as well. I'm guessing this was a factory experiment or a short lived run.<BR>
The condition you saw in the Steinway ( happens infrequently) I believe is caused by uncontrolled R.H. at the time of pressing on the ribs. Too wet at glue up, Installed in the case too swollen, too wet when bearing was set. and bearing set too heavy. Coupled with extreme panel shrinkage later , poof instant salad bowl. Same thing could the case with the Sohmer in question but I have doubts.<BR>
I once rebuilt a stwy A -2 that had a trough where the bridge was, a flat board,still positive and evenly set risidual bearing and the darn thing sounded amazingly good. This was partly because of the support of a fairly thick soundboard to start with.<BR>
>>>>>>>>>>Always something new>Dale Erwin>>>>>>></FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR>
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".....hat the only one I've ever worked has reverse crown and I do belive it intentional. but the downbearing force was pushing towards the floor in the usual way."<BR>
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Maybe yes, maybe no, but not necessarily. I had a new Steinway a few years back that had a full 1/4" reverse crown with plenty of downbearing. I have never heard of Steinway doing that intentionally.<BR>
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