Scaling: was Soundboard Springs

[Delwin D Fandrich]

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: April 25, 2001 8:56 PM
Subject: Re: Scaling: was Soundboard Springs


> Have been following this thread and wondered would rescaling the upper
part
> of the piano with a higher tension scale accomplish the same thing as
> reinforcing the board with springs from underneath.
>
> David Love
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No, it does not.

While the upper part of the piano does have to be reasonably (properly--at
least properly for the specific piano), this is not the same thing.

A good stringing scale driving an unbalance load will still have problems.

Del