Individual aliquots on a Mason "&" Hamlin

[Cy Shuster]

John,

Does it matter that the front aliquots are not the same length in unisons?
For example, here:

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--Cy Shuster--
Rochester, MN


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Sent: Sunday, October 05, 2003 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: Individual aliquots on a Mason "&" Hamlin


> David,
>
> I usually clean the aliquots with oven cleaner. they're nickel plated
> and seem to be fairly durable. You have to be careful not to remove the
> plating by over buffing. See the photo below.
>
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>
>
> Since you were talking about the front aliquots I thought I would show
> you how I have been doing them.
>
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>
> I also tried this bearing bar in front of the string rest. It is thin
> baltic beech with felt over with an 1/8" steel rod in front. I haven't
> finished this BB so I will let you know how this works. Should help with
> friction.
>
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>
> David Love wrote:
> > 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.
> >
>
>
>
> John Hartman RPT
>
> John Hartman Pianos
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> Rebuilding Steinway and Mason & Hamlin
> Grand Pianos Since 1979
>
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