1865 Style 2 S&S

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In a message dated 12/8/2004 11:22:24 AM Pacific Standard Time,  
fandrich@pianobuilders.com writes:





SO I calculated the  whole scale & tensions at 440 & they were really  low 
With the highest notes close to 100 lb. tension &  not speaking at all. It has 
very short string lengths up there as well &  I would suggest moving the top 
end of the bridge back as far as the plate  will allow to increase string length 
to as close to 50 mm on a-85 as  possible. 
    In a do over  I'd rescale it for  A-440
    That being  said at A -458 the piano sound amazingly good & easy to hear 
why Stwy so  quickly gained its tonal reputuaion but I'm sure A-458 would be  
disconcerting to any serious players sense of pitch & a singers vocal  range. 
Arrghh. 
   Dale
 


That is some shorter than the one we did a while  back. Originally A-85 was 
around 54 mm. We made a new SLog bridge and set A-85  to 62 mm. With #13 wire 
the tension was around 163 lbs. This dropped slightly  toward the tenor where 
we held tensions to the 150 to 155 lb. range. With a  transition bridge at the 
low tenor and a matching bass scale the piano sounded  exceptionally nice. (I 
have no idea how it sounded originally.)  

We also scaled the soundboard and ribset to match the  scale. 
 
And, since the original action was long gone by  the time the piano showed up 
in our shop we fit a new Renner stack. It  was really a very nice pianoforte. 
To my ear a nice improvement over the bulk  of the fortes on the market today.
 
I agree, though, there is probably not a huge market  for instruments of this 
type today and more's the pity.
 
Del



 

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