c5

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: Stephen Birkett <birketts@wright.aps.uoguelph.ca>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: April 04, 2000 5:48 PM
Subject: c5


> Here's a non-rhetorical question for all youse guys and gals who were
> complaining that a c5 of 50 mm is already too long to do much stretching
> with because the wire breaks. What kind of wire do you suppose was on the
> turn of the century Erard 8 octave Grand Concert with a c5 of 55 mm.
> That's about 1.5 semitones longer than the Steinway c5. Maybe French
> pianists played with elegance instead of elan?
>
> Stephen

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I also suspect that their hammers were not made of acrylic or lacquer or
granite as are many modern 'piano hammers.'

Del