[CAUT] A440 percussion

[Jeff Tanner]

On Friday, April 22, 2005, at 02:09 PM, Conrad Hoffsommer wrote:

> Too late for that, Scott.
>
> Many Strads, Guarneris, etc. have had heftier bass bars and soundposts 
> retrofitted for just that reason.
>

and, besides, all they'd have to do is drop the string gauge.

Changing the string gauge on a piano is quite a different matter.

(but any of you noticed how high a set of premium violin strings is?  
You can buy bass strings for a D for what a set of 4 good violin 
strings costs.)

Have a great weekend!
JT


Jeff Tanner, RPT
School Of Music
University of South Carolina