Steinway C

[Ron Overs]

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Joseph,

>Folks,
>I had a wonderful tuning experience on Friday. A Steinway model C 
>serial No. 105173. Pierce shows it to be a 1902. . . Aside from a 
>strange type of false beat (very faint) in the higher treble (looks 
>like uneven lengths of wire for each unison) the piano was 
>absolutely beautiful, both in an aural and visual sense. I believe 
>the style is a Louis XV, done in Mahogany, rewhatevered done by 
>Washburn Pianos in Phoenix. Looks like a new board, but hard to tell 
>about the bridge. Everything clean and shiny. Nice work by those 
>people. Anyone know of the names of the craftsmen or if they 
>associate with the list?


There are certainly examples where skilled rebuilders have been able 
to, against all odds, make a decent piano out of something which is 
by today's design standards, wanting.

>  What think ye about the model C, I don't recall see that model 
>discussed much on this list? Give me more of this piano type!
>
>Joseph Alkana  RPT
><mailto:josephspiano@attbi.com>josephspiano@attbi.com


In early December 01 scaling was under discussion on the list. I 
published a page of graphs comparing % breaking strain, Z and 
inharmonicity for both the Steinway C and our 225 piano. The Steinway 
C is an older scale which has been designed to break at F21 
(presumable to make it look more like the longer Steinway D which 
also breaks at F 21). However, this crossover point results in a 
less-than ideal break between the bass and treble bridge on a seven 
foot piano, since the percentage of breaking strain must fall down to 
what I would consider to be an unacceptably low value (at the lowest 
note on the long bridge).

The published scale charts, with accompanying notes, are viewable at;

http://www.overspianos.com.au/chrts.html

Regards,

Ron O.

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