"...a hardwood belly bar would be considerably easier to work with than Steinway's under built spruce one." You mean something like this? 1890s Knabe - 6" x 8" solid white ash - hard as iron monster belly rail - nothing wimpy here. I didn't feel the need for any additional belly reinforcement on this one! ;-) Terry Farrell SNIP >> Can you say that a particular aspect (probably one >> that is unchangeable) of a piano is the most >> determining factor in how well a rebuild will turn >> out? Rim quality? > > > Rim and plate, for starters, and a hardwood belly bar would be > considerably easier to work with than Steinway's under built > spruce one. Then again, I'd love to get my hands on a 6-7 foot > Yamaha (contract job) to see what I could do with a too soft > "Select Hardwood" rim. I think it's quite doable. > Ron N -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060701/bb61db4d/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 67884 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20060701/bb61db4d/attachment-0001.jpe
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