<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: = Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>     To all esteemed scaleheads,</DIV> <DIV>  I just received a AA for a complete rewhatevering & I'm very= unimpressed by the bass tenor break. This one is 1919 with 2 bicho= rds & 7 trichords. With all of our discussions about third bridges & suc= h I'm drawing the conclusion that this on is ill devised. Tonally it abysmal t= o the ear. I learned from a friend who is doing another dated 1931 that this vintage has all 9 transition notes in bichords. He & I have yet to hear = it as it's not done.</DIV> <DIV>  I'm considering either switching to 9 bichords with the old= bridge but the string lengths seem dreadfully short. Does any one have the string tension logged for this model. My guess is it would be instructive. </DIV> <DIV>  The other option is to do away with most of it and use the small= piece that juts out toward the spine.</DIV> <DIV>  Any body out there played with this model?<BR>  My 1950s AA= has one long bridge with 5 bichords. It could have used 6 as note27 is wiry sounding. Kind of honky& low tensionish. I'll know more when I run the scale.</DIV> <DIV> It's obviously a design that has been transitional.</DIV> <DIV>   Any thoughts, Ideas?</DIV> <DIV>   Dale <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"= >Erwins Pianos Restorations <BR>4721 Parker Rd.<BR>Modesto, Ca 95357<BR>209-577-8397<BR>Reb= uilt Steinway , Mason &Hamlin Sales<BR>www.Erwinspiano.com</FONT></DIV></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>