<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Del!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can you tell us what "flat-strung" = pianos have a good scale? And if you'd have pictures too...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Calin Tantareanu<BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR>&nb= sp;<A href="http://calintantareanu.tripod.com">http://calintantareanu.tripod.= com</A><BR>----------------------------------------------------</FONT></D= IV> <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=fandrich@pianobuilders.com href="mailto:fandrich@pianobuilders.com">Delwin D Fandrich</A> = </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">'Pianotech'</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 30, 2005 = 8:20 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Strange = Bridge</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3><SPAN class=468340917-30032005>It would probably be more accurate to call = them <EM>non-overstrung</EM> scales but this, to me, has always = sounded some demeaning -- after all the practice of <EM>over-stringing</EM> came = along nearly 150 years after the invention of the piano and introduced all = kinds of problems. A good flat-strung scale is a joy to behold; visually and = aurally. (OK. I know there aren't many good ones around, but that's not my fault!)</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3><SPAN class=468340917-30032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3><SPAN class=468340917-30032005>Del</SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3><SPAN class=468340917-30032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 = size=3><SPAN = class=468340917-30032005></SPAN></FONT> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY>= </HTML>