It is a plate installation problem. ddf Delwin D Fandrich Piano Design & Fabrication 620 South Tower Avenue Centralia, Washington 98531 USA del at fandrichpiano.com ddfandrich at gmail.com Phone 360.736.7563 -----Original Message----- From: caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 3:40 PM To: caut at ptg.org Subject: Re: [CAUT] Mythbusters It seems to me we don't have string height problems with Hamburgs or 5 or 6 leads in the bass keys with Hamburgs. I thought this was a plate problem...? David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Fred Sturm" <fssturm at unm.edu> To: caut at ptg.org Received: 3/8/2010 3:25:54 PM Subject: Re: [CAUT] Mythbusters >On Mar 8, 2010, at 3:35 PM, David Ilvedson wrote: >> Wait...Kelly producing all the plates is a plus? Isn't one of the >> real problems with NY STeinways are the inconsistent plates...i.e. >> string height problems? That isn't a good thing... >Steinway now owns Kelly plates. Production values have gone up >considerably. Agraffes are much more consistently spaced, for >instance. Now they can actually control the process, rather than deal >with a vendor. If I'm not mistaken, they ship plates to Hamburg now, >as well as supplying NY - and others, like probably Walter and Mason >(though I don't actually know that - those guys might purchase from >Asia. But I think Kelly is the only plate manufacturer in North >America now). > Similarly with Kluge: they own it now. >Regards, >Fred Sturm >University of New Mexico >fssturm at unm.edu
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