Or when can you change the name...;-] David I. >So when does a Steinway cease to be a Steinway on its own.. without any >exploratory or otherwise surgery as it were ??? Good question Del. >RicB >Delwin D Fandrich wrote: >> >> You raise some good points, but.... >> >> Taking this argument out to its logical conclusion, then, at what point does >> the original compression-crowned soundboard cease to be a Steinway (or >> whatever) compression-crowned soundboard. The curve is exponential--most of >> the compression set the wood fibers are going to undergo will take place in >> the first few months/years (depending on the starting moisture content and >> its subsequent environmental exposure) of the pianos life. So, is it a >> Steinway compression-crowned soundboard only when it still has enough >> compression to maintain crown? Is it a Steinway compression-crowned >> soundboard long after any semblance of compression has dissipated and >> crown--along with sustain--is only a fleeting memory? It is still a Steinway >> compression-crowned soundboard when this has occurred while the piano is >> still on the showroom floor--and the miraculous tuning of the backscale >> doesn't work? >> >> Just wondering. >> >> Del >> >> _______________________________________________ >> pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >-- >Richard Brekne >RPT, N.P.T.F. >UiB, Bergen, Norway >mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no >http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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