David C. Stanwood wrote: > There is a recording made at Elon College NC on a Steinway D 1926 that > you put a beautiful beautiful board in... John Foy, the rebuilder, > requested a TopHigh hammer weight when I designed touch weight components. > This piano is VERY popular. Ruth Laredo raved about it etc.... There is a > recording recently made with this piano and the tone is vibrant, and as > varied as a painters palette. I'll get more information on this if anyone > on the list wants to order it and have listen... Thanks David but I am sure I had nothing to do with its success. Surly someone has rectified all my mistakes. Having read many of the posts here about the marvels of piano re-engineering from the most notable rebuilders around I now know that if you want to have any success form a Steinway D you must do a lot more than I did. Shame on me but I didn't redesign the string scale or move the bridge. Nor did I do anything about the absurdly short back string lengths (I am just scared to death of the sparks from a metal grinder). I am sure John Foy spent a lot of time redoing my work. What did he do about the soundboard? I now realize that the steinway people had no idea how to build a soundboard. Gosh, I didn't even install a longer cut-off bar or move the position of the ribs! John Hartman RPT John Hartman Pianos [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015] Rebuilding Steinway and Mason & Hamlin Grand Pianos Since 1979 Piano Technicians Journal Journal Illustrator/Contributing Editor [link redacted at request of site owner - Jul 25, 2015]
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