<!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 6.00.2900.2963" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Ron Overs wrote;</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>"I look forward to the possibility that within 20 years a majority of pianos might use scales with deviations similar to the upright scale shown above, or better. With longer pianos it is possible to design a scale with even less tension deviation than the upright scale shown above."</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Just curious, for what size grand would this scale design be appropriate?</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>I've wondered why when over 100 years ago Steinway had a transition bridge design in their model (short) A was this abandoned. Has anyone ever contacted them to ask why or have they not employed scale designers since?</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG></STRONG></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>And speaking of designs American, what on earth were they thinking of here?</STRONG></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:000301c6e805$9d31b980$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>Now this is more like it!</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:000401c6e805$9d342a80$0100007f@Aspire" align=baseline border=0></FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG><FONT face=Arial size=2>AF</FONT></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML>