bosendorfer imperial pianos

[Kristinn Leifsson]

Hi Stephen,
nice to see some young blood around the geriatrics here,

I don´t rebuild pianos, so I don´t feel confident in giving you advice in 
that.


>I often notice that I might be able to get the temperament fairly good in 
>tune, but there'll often be a stray wildly-beating fifth or two (about 
>3-5bps near the midrange of the piano)

However my dear man, if you have " a wildly beating fifth or two" near the 
midrange, the temperament is to blame :-)
And as things go, if you have a wildly beating fifth, you must have a pure 
and a reverse fourth, and a pure and a  diabolically fast third...

That´s it, it´s like building a house of cards, the foundation has to be 
"perfect"


Best regards,

Kristinn

P.S. Are you by any chance breaking my youth record here?
If thou art younger than 21 we suggest thou vanisheth with utmost haste 
lest  we shall have to thrash thee! <g>