----- Original Message ----- From: John Delacour <JD@Pianomaker.co.uk> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 6:25 PM Subject: Re: sanderson Bass strings/scale then it is possible by an overall lightening of the gauges to free up the tone by reducing the mean tension to say 160 lbf and to achieve a singing and soulful piano from what was a rather stiff and Yamaha-like piano. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ I would suggest if there were two strings instead of three, through the treble) that might not "choke the tone" so much. The "loudest" piano I have so far heard was an old Fisher upright two stringer. ---ric
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