David writes: > such things as the addition of cutoff bars, belly bracing, modifying the >bass bridge cantilever to increase backscale length, detuning the front >duplexes, rescaling, squaring the bridge notching in the low tenor and bass sections, crowing the >ribs, ; All of these "redesigns", will improve the overall >performance of the piano and I don't consider it in any way a desecration >of the original, just an improvement. Greetings, Hmm, maybe I should wait until you define "desecration". This list of "things to do" is more than refining makers' oversights, it is re-engineering the sounding structure. How far can a Steinway get its sound improved without sounding like something other than a Steinway? I would question, are we simply continuing on the developmental trajectory that the originators of Steinways had in mind, or are we attempting to invent our own sound by using a Steinway as our bass, (treble ahead?). Ed Foote RPT www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/ www.uk-piano.org/edfoote/well_tempered_piano.html
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