88 note pianos -Reply

[EHILBERT@midd.middlebury.edu]

Jack said:
To add to Vince's comment, I was taught that the top three notes
were important in order to extend the bridge and put a load on it.
Having a loaded bridge that ex
better sounding note.  Didn't someone do that on the bass
end-add a string or two that could be tuned, but no hammers to
play t to extend the loaded portion of
the bridge.

Jack            jack_reeves@byu.edu


Yes, Jack, Kawai has done that on some of their large uprights such as the US-75
Perhaps others have done it as well to increase the tone on the last actually
played notes, but I don't know about that.  Obviously Boesenoerfer has added to the bass end
on their Imperial grands, and there is not question but what their
bass sound nice, especially in the normal bass range.  The lowest added bass
notes are all that musical to my ear, but no doubt they will get more use in the
future.  As for the top end, unless someone finds a dramatic way to improve the
tone of those top notes, it would appear to me tht we have pretty well reached
the top of the usable limit up there.  But then again, as soon as someone
decides that there is no further to go, someone does it, so we'll wait and see.
Ed Hilbert