---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment In a message dated 12/1/2001 12:31:55 PM Pacific Standard Time, pianobuilders@olynet.com writes: > Subj:Re: Steinway strike line > Date:12/1/2001 12:31:55 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: pianobuilders@olynet.com (Delwin D Fandrich) > Sender: owner-pianotech@ptg.org > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">pianotech@ptg.org</A> > To: pianotech@ptg.org > > > > > > John Delacour writes > > > > Hello Dale. I find this quite interesting and am convinced by your > > examples. Have you any idea what year the mods to the plate were > > brought in? > > ---------------------------------------- > > I'm not sure these were 'modifications' in the sense of the term you > probably mean. It has been my impression over the years that these were/are > problems with the plate patterns that simply crept in over the years. The > capo tastro portion of the mold is up in the cope and is dealt with > separately from the rest of the pattern. > > I suspect that most of the Steinways you get there would have been in > Hamburg, no? And hasn't Hamburg, over the years, had their own plates cast > somewhere in Europe? If this is the case, you won't encounter the same > problems we do with the NY pianos. But do check. I'd be real interested to > know if this is actually a design strike line problem or a pattern problem. > > Whatever the cause of the strike line problem we're stuck with being clever and resourceful enouogh to metigate the problem . That's what we do. Right? The Hamburg O's I've seen of recent manufacture are expensive but my o my what a fabulous sound. A definite 10. Does Stwy In Hamburg still make the 6'2" model A? What does it cost US. Dale Erwin ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/b9/50/d7/9b/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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