1098's

[Jim Coleman, Sr.]

Hi Richard:

You should be able to solve all the problems. Judicious tuning pin 
fitting and driving will solve the last two. Cleaning up the bridge 
terminations and smoothing the V-bar should take care of the first.
INHO rescaling would help also. Try Sandersons bass strings. They should
be well worth the price in this situation. In fact why not let them do 
the rescaling for you unless you have the Tremaine program. I think 
Steinway is pretty good on downbearing.

Jim Coleman, Sr.

On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Richard E. West wrote:

> We have a bunch of 30 year old Steinway 1098's.  Has anyone restrung these
> pianos?  Should  they be rescaled?  Does restringing eliminate the two big
> problems that plague the 1098's--false beats and difficulty in tuning?  How
> are the bridges, bridge pins, and overall downbearing?
> 
> Richard West
> University of Nebraska 
> 
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