Friends, I admit I haven't been following the backscale discussion, but I looked at John's pictures. Does it follow, then, that the length of the backscale is critically important to the tone of the bass? Regards, Clyde Hollinger, RPT Lititz, PA USA John Musselwhite wrote: I thought some people might be interested in the extraordinarily long backscales found in a Chickering grand I look after. <snip> This is one of the longest backscales I've ever seen! The bass tone, and indeed, the entire piano is simply beautiful! (from a second post) > (Schomacher) ... The bass section has the shortest backscale I've ever > seen and the tone > in the bass is abominable, IMO.
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