Better Bass Scale for M&H A

[Roger Jolly]

Hi Del,
            Photo's are fine and illustrate the point very well. rebar 
right up to the bridge pin. Well almost.   <G>
I bet the sound opened right up and sustained beautifully.
Pity the piano is not good because the bass string is tooooooooo short. 
(Chuckle)

Have a good weekend
Roger

At 12:13 PM 11/2/02 -0800, you wrote:
>It's not as clear as I would have liked in these low-resolution photos, but
>the backscale length at A-1 went from approximately 25 mm (most of which is
>made up of twisted--i.e., approximately doubled--0.065" steel rod) to 75 mm
>with the looped string pivoting at the vertical hitch.
>
>What do you supposed happened to the tone in the low bass?
>
>Del
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Delwin D Fandrich" <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
>To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
>Sent: November 02, 2002 11:58 AM
>Subject: Re: Better Bass Scale for M&H A
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> >
> > With vertical hitches the German loop is neither necessary nor beneficial.
> > (See the attached photographs of the M&H A under discussion.)
> >
> > But you are certainly correct that they would be an advantage using
>standard
> > hitches.
> >
> > Del
> >
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