What should Steinway call a piano they make much of, but put a 400 lb. chunk of cast iron in that they buy from Kelly Plate in Springfield, Ohio? ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>; "Richard Brekne" <Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no> Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2003 12:39 PM Subject: Re: Rear Duplex Bars on Steinways: was Baldwin Accujust... > I've heard this argument before and I think it's pretty silly. If you put > a set of Renner or Abel hammers on a NY Steinway should you not call it a > Steinway? Probably, the change of hammer will create a greater change in > the perception of tone than many other things you might do. Does that mean > that anybody who puts in a soundboard which does not adhere to the exact > design of the original should not call it a Steinway? What about Renner > actions, Kluge keys, magnetic balancing? I don't see any of the things I > mentioned in th original post as possible "improvements" as things that are > out of bounds in terms of Steinway design, or, as I mentioned in another > post, aren't things that don't exist on some models. Many of the things > that Steinway did on their "lesser" models were probably a function of > cost, not necessarily to achieve particular goals in performance. My > question on rear duplexes was a theoretical one inquiring about the > importance of longer backscale versus tuned rear duplexes. Or are telling > me we shouldn't even be asking those questions? > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > > Just dont call it a Steinway anymore. Have the confidence in your own > "improvements" to put your own mark along side the orgional manufacturers, > clearly distancing the instrument from Steinways own intent. > > Richard Brekne > RPT, N.P.T.F. > UiB, Bergen, Norway > mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no > http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html > http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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