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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Joe !</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2> I =
used the
designated pitch of the time, (British era), to do the initial
evaluation.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>What pitch did you
use ? I suspect it was higher in those times, at least at Collard =
&
Collard factory.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2> Then =
I rescaled,
using the original tensions as a criteria and modern =
pitch.</FONT></DIV>
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size=2>That is
clever. But you used modern wire, did you ? Same tension in =
stiffer
wire would lead to a more inharmonic sound as original, no =
?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><FONT face=Arial size=2> The =
piano came out
very nice. Yes, the tone was different, but that's why "ancient" =
instruments,
like this, are of great importance. It gives us an idea of what "Tone" =
was
desired/achieved in the past. (Modern Tone is nothing like what the =
past was,
IMHO. Much to my chagrin, I might add!)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial">Such an intricated =
puzzle. The more
I learn about period stringing strategies (or lack of those), the more I =
feel
like the best way to restring is to listen to the music the strings =
make.
Take the material you can get (as close to the original as possible), =
choose
your wanted diapason (anyway, they did the same in those times where =
there was
no standard), put a certain gage under right tension : if it breaks too =
easily,
put a bigger one ; if it sounds too funny, put a smaller one. =
Music should
be the guide. I'm sure in every period music was the only =
concern.</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial">What do you think ?</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial">Best regards,</DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr style="FONT: 10pt arial">Stéphane =
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