<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 12/1/2001 12:31:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, pianobuilders@olynet.com writes:
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<BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Subj:<B>Re: Steinway strike line</B>
<BR>Date:12/1/2001 12:31:55 PM Pacific Standard Time
<BR>From: pianobuilders@olynet.com (Delwin D Fandrich)
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<BR> John Delacour writes
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<BR>> Hello Dale. I find this quite interesting and am convinced by your
<BR>> examples. Have you any idea what year the mods to the plate were
<BR>> brought in?
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<BR>I'm not sure these were 'modifications' in the sense of the term you
<BR>probably mean. It has been my impression over the years that these were/are
<BR>problems with the plate patterns that simply crept in over the years. The
<BR>capo tastro portion of the mold is up in the cope and is dealt with
<BR>separately from the rest of the pattern.
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<BR>I suspect that most of the Steinways you get there would have been in
<BR>Hamburg, no? And hasn't Hamburg, over the years, had their own plates cast
<BR>somewhere in Europe? If this is the case, you won't encounter the same
<BR>problems we do with the NY pianos. But do check. I'd be real interested to
<BR>know if this is actually a design strike line problem or a pattern problem.
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<BR>Del</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BR> Whatever the cause of the strike line problem we're stuck with being clever and resourceful enouogh to metigate the problem . That's what we do. Right? The
<BR> Hamburg O's I've seen of recent manufacture are expensive but my o my what a fabulous sound. A definite 10.
<BR>Does Stwy In Hamburg still make the 6'2" model A? What does it cost US.
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<BR> Dale Erwin</FONT></HTML>