Well, we were talking about a fabulous 1890's 3 bridge Knabe that he did a full restoration on ( including new board ) and I asked if some of his touchweight metrology was applicable ( as I own 2 of these ) and he said "Yes". ( That is, if I remember correctly!) I did not inquire further. These are truly astounding pianos, and even without special techniques their actions are closer to grands in responsiveness than any uprights that I've played. The much-loathed rocker capstans, as well as unusual and well thought out action geometry seem responsible. And what a sound!!! Gordon Stelter --- Richard Brekne <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> wrote: > gordon stelter wrote: > > > Yes, David Stanwod has told me that he has methods > > applicable to uprights. I don't know what they > are. > > Gordon Stelter > > > > Odd.. he has said quite the opposite to me. You can > certainly weigh KR > and FW and other components in similar fashion, but > the Balance > Equation is for grands and I have yet to hear that > he has developed > anything like it for uprights. Last I heard he > figured the upright > action wasnt worth the trouble to begin with. > > anybody else ? > > -- > 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 __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com
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