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ackground-color:#ffffff; "><DIV> Hey Carl</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <=
DIV> Seriously though I wouldn't choose the Stwy style 2=
as your first reverse crown soundboard project. I have done one of these=
and it came out stupendous even though it was scaled and pitched at A- 4=
58. Sitka board and sugar pine ribs worked really well.</DIV> <DIV>=
Yes and your not seeing things. This piano ,f you install a =
new board ,will require a bridge movement alteration and possible scale c=
hange so that you can tune and play it in modern pitch. String length at =
note A -85 was like 1 and 3/4" or 1 and 13/16" for a tension of about 105=
lbs. Which is way to low. The whole scale showed the same anomaly and re=
sultant improvement once the tension reached A-440 tensions. It won'=
t bark or meow at that tension. At 458 it finally got up to about 13=
5lbs (at note 85). or so. I can't even begin to tell you how please=
d I was with the power and clarity of that piano when I finally got up to=
pitch. </DIV> <DIV> And you know the agraffes all the way to=
the top were not a detriment but I believe now that they contributed to =
the sustain of the piano by not bleeding energy away from the speaking le=
ngth like modern FRONT duplexes do. And hey Ron N. no rear duplexes =
and if memory serves adequately long back scale. I really learned s=
omething as to why the stwy piano was sooo popular even from the get go. =
This one was 1873.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Dale Erwin</=
DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-L=
EFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT:=
0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original <B>:</B> Re: Hamlet=
Davis bridge agraffes/ Reverse crown Steck</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <META=
content="MSHTML 5.50.4522.1800" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><FONT face=Ar=
ial>Gosh, Dale! That's interesting.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face==
Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I've always thought tha=
t the more widely a belief is held the more apt is to be false. Could tha=
t be true of crowned boards? If reverse crown sounds good, would yo=
u design and build me a reverse crowned board that I could put in my styl=
e 2 S&S grand?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>I'm only partly k=
idding. Purposely putting in a reverse crowned board is another one=
of the weird things I might try.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></=
FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT=
face=Arial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial>Carl Meyer =
; Assoc. PTG<BR>Santa Clara, California<BR><A href="mailto:cmpiano@home=
.com">cmpiano@home.com</A> </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial></=
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