<!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 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000080 2px = solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left> <HR tabIndex=-1> <FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> pianotech-bounces@ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Calin Tantareanu<BR><B>Sent:</B> March 30, 2005 9:38 AM<BR><B>To:</B> Pianotech<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Strange Bridge<BR></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <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="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Calin Tantareanu</FONT><FONT = face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=468340917-30032005><SPAN = class=656420308-31032005> </SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>= <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=468340917-30032005><SPAN class=656420308-31032005></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=468340917-30032005><SPAN class=656420308-31032005>A couple of = flat-strung Chickering grands come to mind. One of these in particular (which = received a new, redesigned soundboard, a new scale on new bridges and a new = action) was particularly sweet. The scaling was relatively low-tension for a nearly nine-foot piano and so was the sound.</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=468340917-30032005><SPAN class=656420308-31032005></SPAN></SPAN></FONT> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080><SPAN class=468340917-30032005><SPAN class=656420308-31032005>Del</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>