I have to compliment you on the beautiful craftsmanship of your work, as always. But it surprised me a little that, of all pianos to modify, you chose the B. I am NO expert on any of this but I do love a well-voiced B and the scale seems so fundamentally good. Now, I have a 1940 Wurlitzer spinet for which I'm considering some serious scale modifications. First, to prepare the bridges and soundboard properly, I'm going to try soaking it in a pond for a few years ... Alan Barnard Salem, MO Original message From: Erwinspiano at aol.com To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 3/30/2007 8:05:44 PM Subject: Steinway B Scale Conversion My Colleagues I've wanted to do this for long time now & finally the deed is done. I tHad a 1953 Steinway B (N.Y) with a good original board & all. I cut the ring bridge loose from the treble a bass & simply cut a venner piece out of the piece I extracted & glued it back down on the board to make things look good & hide the spruce tear out from the origianl 1/2 inch holes the splintered when drilled thru at the mother ship. The transition bridge carries four bichords. The first two unisons have been changed from size 19 to 20 to boost tension &darken the sound. It is a very wonderful sounding break. The look is a very neat & tidy appearance & the Musical enhancement is IMHO greatly improved. My thanks to all bellyheads who have shared the bizzarro ideas over the years. These things work & pan out in real life. If any one would like to come & play it give a call. Dale Erwin See what's free at AOL.com. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070331/cb89f07c/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 57878 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070331/cb89f07c/attachment-0004.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 65900 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070331/cb89f07c/attachment-0005.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 36909 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070331/cb89f07c/attachment-0006.jpg -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 43397 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20070331/cb89f07c/attachment-0007.jpg
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