<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Re: Steinway O</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <STYLE type=text/css>BLOCKQUOTE { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } DL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } UL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } OL { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } LI { PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px } </STYLE> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4134.100" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Ron!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I'd like to see the pictures too. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regarding backscale: what you say seems = very logical, but I never had the opportunity to really experiment with this.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I won't do any redesign work on this = Steinway, but I might do some on the much older Schweighofer that I have. That one is = a good candinate for a rescaled bass and maybe a new bass bridge, if not more.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please read below:</FONT><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <BLOCKQUOTE cite type="cite">. . . I am already impressed with its = bass, which is damn good for a 180cm piano.<BR>It's a really strong = typically Seinway bass, you could even say rough ;-)</BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR>Very likely!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2>What do you mean? What's the cause?</FONT><BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV> <DIV>While the instrument might seem to be performing well in the low = bass, it would be even better if the speaking length was 4 - 5 cm shorter with = a correspondingly increased back scale.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV dir=ltr>On the Bechstein model A which is only about 4-5cm longer = than teh Steinway O, the backscale was much longer, yet the lowest notes weren't = better than on the Steinway. Maybe it's the board?</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr>Too stiff, or what else?</DIV> <DIV dir=ltr> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial size=2> Calin Tantareanu<BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR>&nb= sp;<A href="http://calintantareanu.tripod.com">http://calintantareanu.tripod.= com</A><BR>----------------------------------------------------<BR></FONT= ></DIV></BODY></HTML>