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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Del, Dale, Jim, Robert, Wim and =
everyone
else...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><FONT size=2><FONT>When the piano arives, the =
very first
thing I am going to do is measure the down bearing and see =
if I can
determine just what direction the board is crowned. I spoke to the =
owner
of the piano again today, I asked him if he found the serial
number...Oh yes, says he, it's easy to remember to..... A435.(
Del.. What was that you said about extremely high scale =
tensions...highest
I've ever measured?.) Would you want to lower the tension so the =
piano
could comfortably be raised to 440? I think I'm in about as deep as =
I can
stand for one day</FONT>.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>By the way.. you guys are truly =
a great
resource. Thanks for your interest and support. I will keep all =
posted on
this one.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thankyou, Owen.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=Erwinspiano@AOL.COM
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A =
title=pianotech@ptg.org
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, March 05, 2002 =
6:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sohmer </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT lang=0
face="Times New Roman Greek" size=3 FAMILY="SERIF">In a message =
dated 3/5/2002
9:27:35 AM Pacific Standard Time, <A
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A>
writes:<BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: =
#ffffff"
face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>
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solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"
TYPE="CITE">Subj:<B>Re: Sohmer </B><BR>Date:3/5/2002 9:27:35 =
AM
Pacific Standard Time<BR>From:<A
=
href="mailto:pianobuilders@olynet.com">pianobuilders@olynet.com</A><BR>=
Reply-to:<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR>To:<A
href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A><BR><I>Sent =
from the
Internet </I><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"
TYPE="CITE">----- Original Message ----- <BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:Erwinspiano@AOL.COM">Erwinspiano@AOL.COM</A> =
<BR><B>To:</B>
<A href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> =
<BR><B>Sent:</B>
March 05, 2002 6:12 AM<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sohmer <BR><BR><BR>
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TYPE="CITE">Has anybody had experience with a Sohmer piano with =
agraffes
on the long bridge? </FONT><FONT lang=0
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size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
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size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Thankyou,</FONT><FONT lang=0
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size=3
FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
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size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Owen</FONT><FONT lang=0
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size=3
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>  =
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</FONT><FONT
lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" face="Times New =
Roman Greek"
color=#000000 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF"> =
Owen<BR> Yes I have
and they went all the way up. I wrote of this before but this =
piano had
agraffes all the way up and the board was a reverse crown design. =
Freak
design but awesome sound. A difficult on to
=
string><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> &nbs=
p;
</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
face="Times New Roman Greek" color=#000080 size=3
FAMILY="SERIF">Hmmmm....</FONT><FONT lang=0
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size=3 FAMILY="SERIF"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0
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FAMILY="SERIF"> Are
you sure those were reverse crown by design? Those I've done had =
positive
crown. And extremely high scale tensions -- highest I've ever =
measured.
Around 62,000 lbs (28,000 kgf +) or better as I recall. Took some =
doing to
bring it down and retain the agraffe design (as per the customers
request).</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
face="Times New Roman Greek" color=#000000 size=3
FAMILY="SERIF"><BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 =
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"
face="Times New Roman Greek" color=#000080 size=3
FAMILY="SERIF">Del</FONT><FONT lang=0 style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: =
#ffffff"
face="Times New Roman Greek" color=#000000 size=3
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FAMILY="SERIF"><BR> &nbs=
p; Am
I sure. Hmmmmmmm<BR></BLOCKQUOTE> You know =
my wife is
the one who usually ask that question and generally try to be sure and =
in this
case it was too intentional to be an accident. A string across the =
under side
of the belly in many places showed the ribbing to be very uniform and
symetrical (o.k. Quasi you know what I mean) You could have made salad =
nicely
in it once the strings were off. Also the bearing was still adequately =
positive and also intentional looking and reasonable. Sustain as long =
as your
life. I don't know I liked it. It had what I call the magic soundboard =
syndrome. Any things possible I guess but if it was an accident ,which =
I
doubt, If it ain't broke don't fix
=
it.<BR>>>>>>>>>>>>Dale>>>>&g=
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