Individual aliquots on a Mason "&" Hamlin

[David Love]

Joe:

Why would the piano sound like crap?   The reason I'm considering it is
partly cost/benefit, partly aesthetics.  Repositioning the things is, as
John H. mentions, a pain.  Then there's polishing each one of them out and
putting a finish coat on them.  I've already removed the ones on the tuning
pin side and replaced them with a continuous bar moved toward the edge of
the plate to shorten the length of the counterbearing section to try and
clean up the termination.  Changes from the client's perspective are not a
problem as we have already discussed a few changes such as replacing the
trichord wrapped with bichord wrapped on the tenor bridge and rescaling
overall since new bridgecaps were put on.  I didn't really want to open the
duplex issue, but maybe that's the question.  I personally haven't found
any significant or detectable difference with tuned and untuned duplexes. 
John H. and Ron N. seem to suggest there would be no functional change, I'm
assuming that includes tonal differences.  So I'm interested in hearing
opinions, especially from those who might have made that change.  The
design of a continuous bar certainly exists on many high quality
instruments, so I'm just wondering if I've thought it through well enough.  

David Love
davidlovepianos@earthlink.net


> [Original Message]
> From: Joseph Garrett <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
> To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
> Date: 10/5/2003 10:52:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Individual aliquots on a Mason "&" Hamlin
>
> Tuned duplex and bearing change aside, does anyone see any problem with
> replacing those individual aliquot half rounds on the backside of the
> bridge on a Mason Hamlin with a single continuous bar?
>
> David Love
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
>
>
>
> David,
> If this is an experiment, No. If it's a clients piano, then, one of the
> first items is keeping the cost(s) in line. If you do that, I suspect the
> piano will sound like crap and you'll have to re-do things. Just my
> thoughts. Once you take out the down bearing and the duplex factors, what
is
> left? I can't imagine why you would want to do this. Please expain.
> Best Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
> Captain, Tool Police
> Squares Are I
>
>
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