<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>RE: Steinway Upright completed</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1586" 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>Dale,</DIV> <DIV>Looks like you made pinblock inserts, then veneer, then redrill. But, it looks like the inserts are already drilled or center punched before veneering. Care to elaborate when you return from MARC? Great looking restoration, awesome cabinet.</DIV> <DIV>Fenton</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=tune4u@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4u@earthlink.net">Alan Barnard</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> Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:22 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Steinway Upright completed</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black">Wow (as usual).<BR><BR>Alan Barnard<BR>Salem, MO<BR><BR> <DIV style="PADDING-RIGHT: 5px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-BOTTOM: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 3px solid; PADDING-TOP: 5px"> <HR> Original message<BR>From: <A href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A><BR>To: <A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>Received: 4/17/2007 7:28:32 AM<BR>Subject: Steinway Upright completed<BR><BR><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV><STRONG><EM>HI All</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>  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!!</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>    This scale has a bizarre 20 note bass & I changed the original  tenor string arrangement transition from 2 bichords 7 tri-chords to <U>all bi-chords</U>.  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.</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>  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.</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><EM><STRONG>  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.</STRONG></EM></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  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.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Hope this is interesting to some</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  regards to all</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>  Dale Erwin R.P.T.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG id=MA1.1176827280 style="WIDTH: 480px; HEIGHT: 360px" height=360 src="cid:002901c78293$c2652380$6601a8c0@win2ko9ndzsl7d" width=480 vspace=5 datasize="66800" comp_state="speed"><IMG id=MA2.1176827280 style="WIDTH: 480px; HEIGHT: 360px" height=360 src="cid:002a01c78293$c26e9960$6601a8c0@win2ko9ndzsl7d" width=480 vspace=5 datasize="46165" comp_state="speed"><IMG id=MA3.1176827280 style="WIDTH: 480px; HEIGHT: 360px" height=360 src="cid:002b01c78293$c26e9960$6601a8c0@win2ko9ndzsl7d" width=480 vspace=5 datasize="57805" comp_state="speed"><IMG id=MA4.1176827280 style="WIDTH: 480px; HEIGHT: 360px" height=360 src="cid:002c01c78293$c26e9960$6601a8c0@win2ko9ndzsl7d" width=480 vspace=5 datasize="40320" comp_state="speed"><IMG id=MA5.1176827280 style="WIDTH: 480px; HEIGHT: 360px" height=360 src="cid:002d01c78293$c26e9960$6601a8c0@win2ko9ndzsl7d" width=480 vspace=5 datasize="40522" comp_state="speed"><IMG id=MA6.1176827280 style="WIDTH: 480px; HEIGHT: 360px" height=360 src="cid:002e01c78293$c2710a60$6601a8c0@win2ko9ndzsl7d" width=480 vspace=5 datasize="75215" comp_state="speed"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face="Book Antiqua" size=2 ptsize="10" family="SERIF"><B><I> </I>Dale Erwin--Piano Restorations<BR>4721 Parker rd<BR>Modesto, Ca. 95357<BR>Shop 209-577-8397<BR></B></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Abadi MT Condensed" color=#000000 size=2 ptsize="10" family="SANSSERIF"> </FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Abadi MT Condensed" color=#000000 size=3 ptsize="12" family="SANSSERIF">Web site <A href="http://www.erwinspiano.com/">http://www.Erwinspiano.com</A></FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Abadi MT Condensed" color=#000000 size=2 ptsize="10" family="SANSSERIF"> </FONT><FONT lang=0 face="Book Antiqua" color=#000000 size=2 ptsize="10" family="SERIF"><I><BR>Restoration & Sales of<BR>Steinway & Sons & other fine pianos.<BR>" Soundboards by Design"</I><BR></FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR> <DIV><FONT style="FONT: 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF; COLOR: black"> <HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"> See what's free at <A title=http://www.aol.com?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503 href="http://www.aol.com/?ncid=AOLAOF00020000000503" target=_blank>AOL.com</A>. </FONT></DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>