<html> <body> Dale, <x-tab>        </x-tab>Thanks for sharing the pics. What kind of case wood is that? Greg Newell At 12:28 PM 4/17/2007, you wrote: <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">HI All   I sent thru some info on a restoration in process , an 1880's Steinway up., last month & said I'd report on the outcome.  I applied a rib crowned boared & made the panel in house from some very tight Sitka planks. The new board now has a belly bigger than mine. grin. Oh what a booming  sound before it was strung!!     This scale has a bizarre 20 note bass & I changed the original  tenor string arrangement transition from 2 bichords 7 tri-chords to all bi-chords.  What a smooth & sonorous transition this turned out to be. The bass note 20 to tenor note 21 is the most noticeable but blends well & immediately by playing chromatically thru the section & then from note 27 to plain wire 28 is virtually invisible. I also eliminated the cantilever from the bass bridge set up.   I just returned from the beach house where it was craned into. I had a chance to dial in the voicing & tuning in it's home location which is always waaaay different acoustically from my shop & the outcome tonally was very satisfying.  The trebles were very, very clear, with more sustain than any S&S upright I've ever encounterd. However this scale has the same strike line problems most Steinway grands  do & I had to alter the hammers line from f-5 thru F- 6 , moving them closer to the top termination by only about 2 mm but what a huge difference.   The bass tonality is beautiful & the client who has not played on the refined & voiced version said it was a miraculous change.  Always good to hear this!   She plays well & has a very fussy pair of ears. I can't say the removal of the cantilever ,at least in this case was an improvement. It seemed like I could more easily change partial spectrum & it was a very robust bottom end/fundamental.   The entire job was more expensive than we all thought but I did it for my own reasons. However Its' my last Stwy upright.  Way to much of Murphy's law at work plus the entire super structure was coming apart & was totally reglued & re-enforced.   Hope this is interesting to some   regards to all   Dale Erwin R.P.T.   <img src="cid:7.1.0.9.0.20070417225203.01c75d10@ameritech.net.6" width=480 height=360 alt="[]"> <img src="cid:7.1.0.9.0.20070417225203.01c75d10@ameritech.net.7" width=480 height=360 alt="[]"> <img src="cid:7.1.0.9.0.20070417225203.01c75d10@ameritech.net.8" width=480 height=360 alt="[]"> <img src="cid:7.1.0.9.0.20070417225203.01c75d10@ameritech.net.9" width=480 height=360 alt="[]"> <img src="cid:7.1.0.9.0.20070417225203.01c75d10@ameritech.net.10" width=480 height=360 alt="[]"> <img src="cid:7.1.0.9.0.20070417225203.01c75d10@ameritech.net.11" width=480 height=360 alt="[]">     Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations 4721 Parker rd Modesto, Ca. 95357 Shop 209-577-8397 Web site <a href="http://www.erwinspiano.com/">http://www.Erwinspiano.com</a> Restoration & Sales of Steinway & Sons & other fine pianos. " Soundboards by Design" <hr> See what's free at <a href="http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503">AOL.com</a>. </blockquote> <x-sigsep></x-sigsep> Greg Newell Greg's Piano Forté <a href="http://www.gregspianoforte.com/" eudora="autourl"> www.gregspianoforte.com </a>216-226-3791 (office) 216-470-8634 (mobile) 2003,04,05 & 06 winners of Angie's List Super Service Award </body> </html>