<!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 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#d8d0c8> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Stephane Collin</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If the down bearing measurements are in = accordance with manufacturers specs, given that the piano has had a re-capped = bridge are you sure the soundboard crowning is still OK??</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Kind regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=collin.s@skynet.be href="mailto:collin.s@skynet.be">Stéphane = Collin</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:33 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: short trebble</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Michael.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Yes, I meant varnish on the top of the bridges.  From previous comments, it appears that the cosmetic and = sealing layer of varnish, even on the top of the bridge, should have little or = no effect on the sustain of the notes, which I verified by scraping that varnish = from the top of the bridge, and ascertaining that there was no better = sustain.  But not all agree with this statement, and still, me too, have hard = time understanding why there is no acoustic difference between with or = without a coat of varnish.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any other idea about how to improve = sustain ? (I checked for downbearing at front and rear of the bridge, checked for = lose joints between the soundboard and the rim, checked for loose pins in the = bridge.  I was suggested to replace the soundboard, which I was about to do, and = asked a quote at the Bechstein factory (anyway, FAR too expensive) and the guy = there told me he wouldn't do that, pretending they can't beat the quality of = those old soundboards (but this is another thread).)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin (B)</FONT></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=michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk href="mailto:michael@gambles.fsnet.co.uk">Michael Gamble</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, November 04, = 2003 1:21 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fw: short = trebble</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Stephane</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you mean there is varnish on the = <U>top</U> of the bridges? Where the strings touch? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G (UK)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=collin.s@skynet.be = href="mailto:collin.s@skynet.be">Stéphane Collin</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, October 31, 2003 12:52 AM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> short trebble</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all !</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Marvellous Bechstein model E (2m75) = from 1928.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Fantastic action, but one problem : = the trebble notes are VERY short (no sustain).  I know that trebble sustain = is not the best thing in a Bechstein, but here it is obviously = dramatic.  The piano has been restored 10 years ago, and the bridge apparently recapped.  The restorers have put varnish on the whole = bridge.  Does anyone know if that varnish could be the cause of no sustain in = trebble ?  I am considering to recap the bridge (though apart from the = varnish, it looks kind of perfect), and would like to know your expert = advice before attempting this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanks</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin (Bruxelles, = Belgium)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Time has no respect for what you do = without it"</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>