What would Steinway do

[Avery]

At 01:03 PM 3/4/2007, you wrote:

On the belly rail, of course! :-D Like everyone else does!

Avery

>It's interesting, though, to imagine the kind of piano that might 
>emerge from such a blending. In an ideal world it might be possible 
>to take the best from each instrument and make it into an even 
>better one. Some Solomonic judgements would be required, though 
>...how would you decide where to put the sostenuto mechanism, for instance?
>
>Sounds like another urban myth to me  : )
>
>Speculatively,
>
>Allen Wright, RPT
>
>
>On 4 Mar 2007, at 17:07, <mailto:A440A at aol.com>A440A at aol.com wrote:
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>>Inre Hamburg/New York pianos, Allen writes:
>>
>><< Another larger difference is in the lyre and pedals,
>>which are completely different, without the locking plate and
>>continuous pin. The list goes on and on.. >>
>>
>>      Just for the record, I love the Steinway pedal box set-up.  I 
>> have never
>>seen another system that could be set up to be both as sensitive and trouble
>>free as possible, as well as easy to access and work on.  I haven't seen any
>>other system that could survive the stage treatment encountered here at the
>>school.  I carry a spare damper pedal in the tool kit because when 
>>the ones on
>>the stage get bent 1/4" or more lower than the others, I start to 
>>pay attention
>>to changing it.  Shift pedals are durable, (there can be some 
>>crushing of the
>>keyframe contact point if it isn't reinforced.  I have pieces of ebony
>>endgrain , inlet into the stage piano keyframes after the original 
>>wood was crushed
>>into pulp.)
>>             I understand this venue is an extreme example, the 
>> point is, that
>>the pedal can simply be replaced in a system that is solid enough to justify
>>it as just another non-durable part.  It is heavier than it needs to be, and
>>that is the way I like it.
>>Ed Foote RPT
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