Grotrian Steinwegs - to list or not to list?

Andrew and Rebeca Anderson anrebe@sbcglobal.net
Mon, 26 Sep 2005 16:07:40 -0500


Michael,
I'm interested on your reasoning to choose to bring the piano back up 
to pitch by stages.  Please do tell.

Andrew

At 03:11 PM 9/26/2005, you wrote:
>Thanks, David. I shall do some experimenting. First, I think, as a temporary
>measure and to quickly discover whether there's a need or not, I shall push
>in felt between the back scales of the bass section rather than weave it.
>BTW the tonal quality of my S&S'A' has improved hugely as a result of
>re-stringing. It now has a big depth of sound even with the lid down. I like
>to think it is as a direct result of my bringing it back to pitch so slowly
>and evenly.
>Regards
>Michael G.(UK)
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: David Love [mailto:davidlovepianos@comcast.net]
>Sent: 26 September 2005 16:27
>To: 'Pianotech'
>Subject: RE: Grotrian Steinwegs - to list or not to list?
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>In all likelihood you will probably need to put listing felt through the
>bass section and in the lowest tenor where the backscale length jumps on the
>bass side of the strut.  I would start there.  If you still find some
>unwanted sympathetics then extend the felt upward to where the tenor aliquot
>starts--farther if necessary.  Do not felt the capo sections.  Remember,
>they were designed to be a tuned and sympathetically ringing duplex (even
>though they rarely are and I don't think it really makes much difference,
>but that's another story and I won't go there.)
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>David Love
>davidlovepianos@comcast.net
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