Piano Tone Building

[Greg Newell]

Is this the same book from a different title "Secrets of Piano 
Construction" from the vestal press that I've been reading lately?

Greg Newell


At 12:15 PM 9/27/2005, you wrote:
>
>
>| -----Original Message-----
>| From: pianotech-bounces@ptg.org
>| [mailto:pianotech-bounces@ptg.org] On Behalf Of John Delmore
>| Sent: September 27, 2005 7:02 AM
>| To: 'Pianotech'
>| Subject: RE: Piano Tone Building
>|
>| Forgive the newbie question, but is this a book on rescaling
>| for better/more even tone?
>| John
>|
>
>Not really. It's the minutes of a series of meetings, conferences, held in
>Chicago and New York during the years 1916 and 1919. These meetings were
>attended by leading figures from the piano industry of the time -- company
>presidents, founders, builders and technicians. These meetings covered a wide
>range of piano design and manufacturing issues and the information in them was
>state-of-the-art -- during the years 1916 through 1919. There is quite a 
>lot of
>discussion about string scales and, indeed, some modern manufacturers would do
>well to bring their products up to the standards discussed even back then, 
>but,
>no, it is not a book on rescaling for better/more even tone.
>
>Del
>
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Greg Newell
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