"Fish"....my best guess..

[Overs Pianos]

>Vladan wrote:
>
>I recently looked at the scales of the various 
>Steinway pianos, keeping in mind that the 
>current practice in scale design aims to keep 
>uniform tension within a section.  The models B 
>and A - two of the most coveted S&S pianos - 
>have relatively uneven
>tensions in the low tenor.  Yet the pianos do work.

Have you checked any others? Have a look at the 
current Blüthner model 2. I haven't measured one 
of these. But I could see by its layout, from the 
piano which was next to ours at Reno, that they 
have one of the better treble scales, in a 7' 
class of piano to date.

>Then Terry Farrell replied with:
>
>Correct. But I think an interesting question is: Do they work as well as
>they can?

Absolutely Terry. No one says that they don't 
work at all, but they are far from an example of 
the best practice in contemporary scaling.

>Then Richard Brekne wrote:
>
>Oh Gawd... will you folks ever give up with this 
>kind of question ? It is absolutely hopeless at 
>very best.

Your views give those misguided souls who are 
silly enough to be exploring new ideas so much 
confidence to carry on.

>   Of COURSE the scale works as well as it can, 
>it is exactly as the designer intended, what 
>THEY wanted.

Back in 1900.

>If anyone wants to build something else.. then 
>go for it... but PLEASE... dont sit here and try 
>and tell anyone that your opinions about what 
>works best are more valid then anyone elses.

So anyone who comes up with a new design should 
not make any claims of their invention, while the 
dominant manufacturer is free to allege that its 
circa 1900 designs are a good as it gets?

>Read em and weep boys... like it or not... they 
>lead the pack... because the buying public over 
>the past 100 years has put them there.  I mean 
>really....

Yes really indeed - in a world of public and 
politics which is what we're stuck with, so much 
of the corporate and party line is peddled under 
the guise of truth and accepted as such, when it 
is very often just spin. Ironically, you can work 
on something for half a lifetime, and should the 
fruits of your investigation not conform to that 
of the status quo, it is branded as 'spin', or 
'its all been done before'.

>Vladan.. you are absolutely correct... they work just fine.

I feel an acute sense of despair when I read such 
comments. The piano certainly evolved through its 
first 200 years. But the progress of the past 
century, I believe, is nothing short of a 
disgrace.

Ron O.
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OVERS PIANOS - SYDNEY
    Grand Piano Manufacturers
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