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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David Love said: "<FONT face="Times =
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size=3>Since an aging soundboard will presumably be less stiff with
less<BR>available crown, does it make sense, when restringing over an =
old
board,<BR>to consider rescaling the piano with a lower tension
scale.<BR><BR>David Love<BR></FONT><A
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>David,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hmmmm? Older soundboards will be =
stiffer! The
natural aging process of lumber exemplifies this. If you live in an =
older home,
try driving a nail into the olde studs!!! Yeah, like w/o drilling a =
hole, first,
you'll be bending nails 24/7!!! However, you do bring up an interesting =
point.
My observation, on olde boards, is that the upper treble is very =
"loud"
and, with a decent bridge termination, is very clear. Why? Because the =
board is
stiffer. I think this is a very good reason to NOT use hard hammers on =
an olde
board! In years past, a lot of the OLDE techs used to drop the entire =
scale, by
1/2 size! This approach, had some validity, but, I persoanally think =
this is the
wrong thing to do. Of course, this practice came about, way before the
Electronic Age of easy accessability to an easy way of doing the =
formulae. Thank
god for the 'puter, in this case! I used to do scales on a TI! Talk =
about
tedious! One had to be really adamant about scales to persue that! (Let =
alone,
doing it with a Slide Rule. (you do remember those lovely gadgets, don't =
you?<G>)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for the scaling, in and of itself, =
all we can do
is to smooth out the inconsistancies of the original factory =
screwups/design.
And, hopefully, not overstress the original intent of the structure =
design. At
least, this is my approach to scaling. If we are dealing with a new =
board, then
it's a whole different approach, IMO.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Best Regards,</DIV></FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.<BR>Captain, Tool
Police<BR>Squares R I</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>