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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Mark and all.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I run into the same third bridge =
problem on my 1891
Steinway A. It sounds awful, while the rest sounds great. =
Pitty to
hear that changing for bichords instead of trichords didn't help much =
for the
sound. I feel I could possibly be ready to follow Terry F to the =
shop of
Del F and ask for redesinging.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does anyone know what the hell those =
splendid
engineers of Steinway had in mind when desinging that third bridge
?</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><FONT face=Arial size=2>Stéphane Collin.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mark@nhpianos.com href="mailto:mark@nhpianos.com">Mark =
Dierauf</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> Saturday, July 17, 2004 =
2:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: Mason & Hamlin =
AA
scale.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT id=role_document face=Arial =
color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I did an =
old S&S
A1 over with all <SPAN class=SpellE>bichords</SPAN> on the third =
bridge. It
still had that “third bridge” tenor sound, but at least the top 7 =
<SPAN
class=SpellE>bichords</SPAN> were 33% easier to tune! Plus they =
damped
better.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">;-)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-
Mark<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Tahoma =
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">-----Original
Message-----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> =
<A
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com">Erwinspiano@aol.com</A>
[mailto:Erwinspiano@aol.com] <BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> </SPAN></FONT><st1:date =
Year="2004"
Day="17" Month="7"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Saturday, July 17,
2004</SPAN></FONT></st1:date><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
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</SPAN></FONT><st1:time
Minute="1" Hour="0"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">12:01
AM</SPAN></FONT></st1:time><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> =
pianotech@ptg.org<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Mason & Hamlin AA
scale.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face="Times =
New Roman"
size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: =
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size=2><SPAN
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Arial">
To all esteemed scaleheads,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial =
color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">
I just received a AA for a complete rewhatevering & I'm very
unimpressed by the bass tenor break. This one is 1919 with 2 =
bichords & 7 trichords. With all of our discussions about third =
bridges
& such I'm drawing the conclusion that this on is ill devised. =
Tonally it
abysmal to 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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">
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.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">
The other option is to do away with most of it and use the small piece =
that
juts out toward the spine.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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color=black
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial">
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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
<DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial =
color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> It's =
obviously
a design that has =
been transitional.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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color=black
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: =
Arial"> Any
thoughts, Ideas?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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Arial"> Dale
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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