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<DIV><FONT size=3> Nice to see your post Del & Sorry for t=
he
duplicate incomplete post. Computer error. uh huh</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Its' been long enough ago that the 50=
mm
length quote for A-85 is probably wrong. Without checking to back up my=
memory It seems A-85 was approx. 46 mm, very short.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> & yes the sound is awesome on some of these .=
..well
for antiques. Really, it sounded better than many Fortes on the market as yo=
u
say. To bad the guy didn't play.........his friends do.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3> In a do over I'd rescale it=
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A-440</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> <SPAN class=875441417-08122004><FONT
face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080> </FONT></SPAN> That b=
eing
said at A -458 the piano sound amazingly good & easy to hear why Stw=
y so
quickly gained its tonal reputuaion but I'm sure A-458 would be
disconcerting to any serious players sense of pitch & a singers voca=
l
range. Arrghh. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3> Dale</FONT></DIV>
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class=875441417-08122004>That is some shorter than the one we did a whil=
e
back. Originally A-85 was around 54 mm. We made a new SLog bridge and set =
A-85
to 62 mm. With #13 wire the tension was around 163 lbs. This dropped sligh=
tly
toward the tenor where we held tensions to the 150 to 155 lb. range. With =
a
transition bridge at the low tenor and a matching bass scale the piano sou=
nded
exceptionally nice. (I have no idea how it sounded originally.)
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN=
class=875441417-08122004>We also scaled the soundboard and ribset to mat=
ch the
scale. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN=
class=875441417-08122004>And, since the original action was long go=
ne by
the time the piano showed up in our shop we fit a new Renner stack. I=
t
was really a very nice pianoforte. To my ear a nice improvement over the b=
ulk
of the fortes on the market today.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN=
class=875441417-08122004>I agree, though, there is probably not a huge m=
arket
for instruments of this type today and more's the pity.</SPAN></FONT></DIV=
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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=3><SPAN=
class=875441417-08122004>Del</SPAN></FONT></DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUO=
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