compression ridges in New Baldwin grand

Don pianotuna@accesscomm.ca
Thu, 25 Sep 2003 18:21:31


Hi Ric,

I look at c6 to be 8 seconds. I consider that a minimum standard--not
tremendous. Different strokes for different folks? *grin*.

At 01:27 AM 9/26/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Don... 8 seconds at A6 is tremendous. At A4 this has well in excess of 12
>seconds... as do most pianos I know about
>
>Ricb
>
>Don wrote:
>
>> Hi Richard,
>>
>> I believe our wonderful late friend Newton Hunt wanted 12 seconds at A4. So
>> perhaps that board is in failure after all?
>>
>> At 06:45 PM 9/25/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>> > I have a beat to crap old turn of the century Steinway thats
>> >been shimmed once.... and otherwise left to decompose... and it still
has 8
>> >seconds of sustain at A6. Lots of power... and no where is that thinned
>> out dead
>> >soundboard sound apparent. Lots of false beats mind you... but thats
another
>> >story. If the compressionist theory was so signficant, and so
correct... this
>> >kind of exception simply could not happen. Something doesnt wash here.
>> >
>> >RicB
>>
>> Regards,
>> Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
>>
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