S&S tuning pins...

[antares]

No, they also changed the hammer felt, the scale the wood for the bridges
and the plate design.
It became a completely different instrument.

But the bushings were the last change.

Recently I tuned two fairly young CFIIIS grands at the North Sea Jazz
Festival. One was a CFIIIS (handmade) without bushings, the other one a
CFIIIS with bushings.
Again, the tone is basically different i.e. the one without bushings has a
more 'open' tone, richer so to speak.
The other one was nicely 'thick' but without the elegance of the other.

I gave them both a complete regulation/tuning/voicing so they were both
treated by the same hand. Just so you know.


friendly greetings
from

Antares,

Amsterdam, Holland

"where music is, no harm can be"

> From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com>
> Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 15:31:17 -0500
> To: pianotech@ptg.org
> Subject: Re: S&S tuning pins...
> 
>> Since then all CFIIS grand have tuning pins without bushings and the do
>> sound better.
> 
> Eliminating the bushings was, of course, the only change made to the design?
> 
> Ron N
>