OK here it is: It's my 1913 Ricca & Son upright. The break is at B27/C28 with the lowest trichord plain note being C28. --- Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com> wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stephen Airy" <stephen_airy@yahoo.com> > To: <pianotech@ptg.org> > Sent: August 11, 2001 3:00 PM > Subject: Re: > > > > I was thinking based on A. where the break SHOULD > be, > > A: You've still not provided enough information to > give a reasonable and > considered answer. Such an answer is probably well > beyond the scope of > anything that is going to be answered on pianotech > anyway. At least it's > well anything I'm going to try to answer here. > > > > > or B, based on where the break currently is on > similar > > pianos (Baldwin L, 6'1" Yamaha for example) made > > within the last 5 years. > > B: Typically the bass/tenor break is somewhere > around E-20/F-21 though > nowadays some manufacturers are trying to patch poor > initial scaling by > running some wrapped bi-chords up into the tenor > section. > Most bass/tenor breaks I've seen on 6' grands are around A#26/B27 -- I see E20/F21 on 7' and larger usually. My mom's PG-150 YC has it at A#26/B27 with wrapped bichords running up to F#34. > The fact that these pianos may have been made in the > past five years is > meaningless. Most of the initial scale design work > the "modern" piano is > based on was done decades or centuries ago. > > > > > I will soon be replying and > > telling where it is on the piano I'm talking > about. > > Good. Let's try doing this sooner rather than later. > > Del > ----------------------------------------- > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC