This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Del: Do you mean you don't thin them along the treble edge at the rim or at = the front? As you have recently written, the board can be stiffened = with an application of epoxy. Can you also stiffen the board by, say, = adding some quarter round segments along the underside edge of the board = at the rim--to undo the thinning? Or by adding a piece of wood at the = front edge in the first capo section much like is done in the top most = section? That would require modifying the damper guide rail a bit but = that wouldn't be too hard. Are there other methods of stiffening the = board in that section that you have tried and had any success with. David Love ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Delwin D Fandrich=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: September 22, 2002 6:43 AM Subject: Re: Hammers and scale ----- Original Message -----=20 From: David Love=20 To: Pianotech=20 Sent: September 20, 2002 7:24 PM Subject: Re: Hammers and scale That makes sense. But let's take our favorite whipping boy, the = Steinway M. As you know, when recalculating the scale, one tends to = come up with a needed increase in gauges above note 50, pushing the = tension up a bit all the way to the top (changes across the bass tenor = break are another issue which I don't want to get into at this point). = If the Steinway board tends to be a lighter more flexible one, would you = then be cautious about increasing the tension up there for fear of = overloading a board that is not capable of dealing with that type of = change? David Love Well, it's not an ideal world. The Model M scale has a real dip in the = middle of the top tenor section and is generally lower than I would like = to see it through the killer octave region. I am always cautious about = raising string tensions on an existing piano. In this case I find the = increase to be less bad than the alternative. Ideally, the soundboard should be stiffened up some through the whole = upper third of the scale--quite the opposite from the effect achieved by = diaphragming it. When putting new boards in these pianos we do not thin = them out along the treble edge.=20 Del ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/4b/ff/cd/85/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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