Bad Tenor/Bass Scale Break?

[Farrell]

I just had a nasty thought. Remember my post and subsequent responses
regarding telling a piano owner about defects you have observed in their
piano?????

Now what would I tell this lady about her beloved piano? Shall I use the
term "Carnival Freak"? Or should I just try the elusive route - "interesting
and uncommon design characteristics - rarely found even in high quality
pianos today"? You know she'll want an explanation.

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Overs" <sec@overspianos.com.au>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 9:37 AM
Subject: Re: Bad Tenor/Bass Scale Break?


> Terry,
>
> You wrote:
>
> >I am regulating an action out of a 4' 7" 1973 G. Steck Aeolian. . .
> >. The bass/tenor break on this piano is tonally by far the worst
> >example of a bad break I have ever heard (by some large multiple).
>
> If you or a friend has a digital camera, I would like to see an
> overhead image of the back half of this piano. If you take the lid
> off and place a plank over the pin block to stand on, supporting the
> board on the outer rim, I would be very interested in getting a copy
> of the resultant jpeg (lay a 300 mm rule on the bass strings before
> the shoot so we can derive a scale of the image).
>
> Ron O
>
>
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> Overs Pianos
> Sydney Australia
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