<!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 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm surprised no one picked up on this one - = taken from the <A href="http://steinway.com/technical/soundboard.shtml">http://steinway.c= om/technical/soundboard.shtml</A> website:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><EM>The erroneous idea that a crack in a soundboard reduces the = tonal output is undoubtedly due to the equally erroneous theory that sound "vibrations" in some way travel transversely across the soundboard. But, = as has been shown here, the movement of the board is that of the movement of = the strings, up and down in the case of a grand, backward and forward in the = case of a piano of vertical construction.</EM></DIV> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>So, like, is this a flip-flop or what? Kinda = shoots the "circle of sound" thing. Yes?</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry F</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial = size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" size=2>Found some = interesting items on the S&S site today.  They're building the "A" again = in the US:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV><FONT size=2><A = href="http://steinway.com/noteworthy/news/model_a_reintro.shtml">http:/= /steinway.com/noteworthy/news/model_a_reintro.shtml</A></FONT></DIV></FON= T></DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" = size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" size=2>This page = about tuning says that A443 is the standard for Hamburg models.  Is that true generally in Europe?  I had heard A442 for European concert pitch...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A = href="http://steinway.com/technical/tuning.shtml">http://steinway.com/t= echnical/tuning.shtml</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>They give the desired humidity range as 45% to 65%:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A = href="http://steinway.com/technical/living.shtml">http://steinway.com/t= echnical/living.shtml</A></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Lastly, this strange defense of soundboard cracks = from William Braid White:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://steinway.com/technical/soundboard.shtml"><FONT = size=2>http://steinway.com/technical/soundboard.shtml</FONT></A></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>--Cy Shuster--</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Bluefield, WV</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>