Greetings, Everybody! I'm restoring the ONE decent piano I've had a chance to refurbish since moving here 20 years ago: a 1923 Steinway "M". Pretty good shape. 3 thin cracks in board. ( Intending to shim-a-la- Spurlock ) A little bearing on both sides of the bridge, all along ( in a humid room ) and between 1/16 and 1/8 crown along longest rib,in a moderately humid room. Crown on treble negligible. "Sustain" test was not feasible, due to condition of action. It is now in my shop, at 42% RH ( or whatever would be best for testing---I have full humidity control in ) and I'm wondering what would be acceptable pre-load bearing and crown to look for in this thing, and how best to check it ??? The customer does not want to install a new board (yet), but everything else is being done "to the nines" ( Whatever that means. ) I'd like to, as accurately as possible, estimate the potential of this thing, so I can tell him in advance about what to expect. Someone, please, with more experirence with this make and model,tell me what parameters would be satisfactory, and how to best measure them. !!! Thanks !!! G P.S. Unless someone knows otherwise, I believe "to the nines" may be a "hipster" permutation of "the whole nine yards", the amount of cloth needed to make monks' robes. "Going the "whole nine yards" " meant "fully committed", as in when one leaves "the world" to join a monastery. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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