Rebuilding Steinways vs Asians

[Farrell]

As long as the case is ebony, it should be no problem. A good epoxy installation so that the anchor can never move and epopxy fill to surface will make it perfectly undetectable.

Terry Farrell
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 23, 2003 10:44 PM
Subject: Re: Rebuilding Steinways vs Asians


> Hey! Maybe some holes drilled through the case, with
> the turnbuckle anchored from without? If you couldn't
> patch it without showing, put a lovely rosette there
> and call it an "Art-case!"
>     Thump
> P.S. And maybe flat spring-steel straps to fit above
> the beams? ( Instead of rods. ) Sounds easy!
> 
> --- Delwin D Fandrich <pianobuilders@olynet.com>
> wrote:
> > 
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "gordon stelter" <lclgcnp@yahoo.com>
> > To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> > Sent: February 22, 2003 11:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: Rebuilding Steinways vs Asians
> > 
> > 
> > > Could some sort of turnbuckle design be added to
> > > augment these soft-rimmed Asians?
> > >      Thump
> > >
> > 
> > Probably, though some care would be required. You
> > have to screw into
> > something and if that something has poor
> > screw-holding capability or is
> > prone to tear-out you wouldn't be able to create
> > enough tension on the
> > turnbuckle to help much. I'm not convinced it would
> > help much anyway. We've
> > already tried installing additional bellybracing in
> > strategic areas, but
> > with little improvement. Short sustain and
> > percussive attack still reigns.
> > 
> > The industry has been working very hard to come up
> > with the disposable
> > piano. I fear they may have succeeded.
> > 
> > Del
> > 
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