----- Original Message ----- > That's some nice looking work. Probably better than the old upright > deserved. I'm curious. Why did you go for THAT MUCH backscale. My opinion > would be that the backscale of those old monsters was long enough but the > move to a directly contacting bass bridge would be a positive one. It seems > from the picture that simply removing the cantilevered apron would still > have put the bridge in a good spot. I can't really tell but it seems that > the bridge, in its original spot, is something like 5 or 6" away from the > edge of the board. Could you share more of your thought process in making > these changes? > > Greg Newell > > -----Original Message----- > Attached are before and after of photos of a belly I did on an upright. > Fenton Hey Greg and Fenton. I did a similar thing with an old upright. Pic below is "before": Pic below is "after" - Del Fandrich did all the design work and I built from his specs: You can see that the bass bridge moved away from the hitch pins for a longer backscale and we lost the cantilever. But we also added a loose foot for the bass and very low tenor: I probably shouldn't speak for Del, but my understanding of his thinking with these design changes is simply that the longer backscale is beneficial, along with the cantilever chucking and the loose foot. This thing absolutely ROARS! Not only that, but the scale is so beautifully smooth, the transitions are transparent, and the treble - oh, the treble - the sustain, the clarity - suffice to say that I have been very impressed with the results. IMHO, this piano rivals (and really, sounds better than - but I won't go that far in public!) most any excellent six-foot grand piano. Greg, what do you mean by "Probably better than the old upright deserved."? I presume you meant from a financial standpoint? I'd have to agree with you there. But from a musical instrument point of view, I would respectfully disagree. What if you want an absolute top-sounding piano and simply do not have the room for a decent sized grand in your 500 square foot abode? This approach here is the ticket! Terry Farrell -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080311/b47af2c7/attachment-0001.html -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 57034 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080311/b47af2c7/attachment-0003.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 166714 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080311/b47af2c7/attachment-0004.jpe -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpeg Size: 48757 bytes Desc: not available Url : https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20080311/b47af2c7/attachment-0005.jpe
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