<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Re:</title></head><body> <div>Del wrote:</div> <div><br></div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>B:  Typically the bass/tenor break is somewhere around E-20/F-21 though<br> nowadays some manufacturers are trying to patch poor initial scaling by<br> running some wrapped bi-chords up into the tenor section.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>And what a 'weak knee'd' approach it is too, isn't it Del? The patch up will be almost as disastrous as the original mess.</div> <div><br></div> <blockquote type="cite" cite>The fact that these pianos may have been made in the past five years is<br> meaningless. Most of the initial scale design work the "modern" piano is</blockquote> <blockquote type="cite" cite>based on was done decades or centuries ago.</blockquote> <div><br></div> <div>Agreed, but that's because much design work isn't. When we hear the term, we often mistakenly assume an application of intelligence and understanding to the process. When a design department can alter nothing more than the number of hinges holding the main lid section to the case, things are bad. This has happened.</div> <div><br></div> <div>You'd really feel like you'd achieved something wouldn't you? Just imagine, you get home from work after a hard days slog.</div> <div><br></div> <div><font color="#0000FF">"What did you do today honey?"</font></div> <div><br></div> <div><font color="#007700">"I redesigned a piano at work"</font></div> <div><br></div> <div><font color="#0000FF">"Oh that's interesting, tell me more"</font></div> <div><br></div> <div><font color="#007700">"I took the design of our concert grand into the 21st century."</font></div> <div><br></div> <div><font color="#0000FF">"How did you achieve that dear?"</font></div> <div><br></div> <div><font color="#007700">"I reduced the number of hinges holding the lid to the case from four to three. You wouldn't believe how it improved its power to weight ratio at fff."</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>Fun isn't it, being part of a world class design department.</div> <div><br></div> <div><font size="-1">Warning - the opinions proffered above may or may not represent the opinions of the author. If the author has any sense, he/she may not be prepared to say. Now where are those damn running shoes?</font></div> <div><br></div> <div>Ron O</div> <div>-- <br> Overs Pianos<br> Sydney Australia<br> ________________________<br> <br> Web site: http://www.overspianos.com.au<br> Email:     mailto:ron@overspianos.com.au<br> ________________________</div> </body> </html>