On 3/22/2011 6:56 PM, Overs Pianos wrote: > At 7:20 PM +0000 18/3/11, Dr. Henry Nicolaides wrote: >> . . . It is interesting. I think there are specs and then there is the >> real world in dealing with variables in manufacturing and assembly. > > Well that depends upon who is doing the manufacturing and assembly. > What's the point in having specs if there is no commitment to building > to the spec, since its a sure way to waste a lot of time when things > don't line up? That's been a fundamental question for a very long time. Answer, still pending. > Of all the Steinways we've rebuilt over the years, I can't ever recall > seeing one where the datum holes in the plate matched the datum marks on > the soundboard. Some piano somewhere surely does. One must believe. Ron N
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