Unstringable C8, was Steinway 78183

[Leslie Bartlett]

It sounds quite logical to me, and i think I know someone who could do 
it, and reasonably. I don't have such skills, sad to say.  Thanks for 
this.les


Richard Brekne wrote:
> I've heard it suggested that the highest 5-6 notes can be re-capped 
> and the scale fudged enough so as to work acceptably with shortened 
> lengths. Haven't tried it but have looked at scales enough to think 
> this might be an acceptable fix. Not too much work involved really.
>
> RicB
>
>
>    I've measured the speaking length of C-88 on many of these pianos.
>    It varies
>    quite a bit from one piano to the next but I've found them as long
>    as 63 mm.
>    Using 0.030" (#12 1/2) wire this gives a string tension of
>    approximately 223 lbs
>    (101 kgf) which is about 80% of the breaking strength of most music
>    wire.
>
>    snip...
>
>    This is, at best, a patch. What you (or somebody) really needs to do
>    is recap
>    the bridge and reduce the speaking length to something a bit more
>    reasonable.
>
>    Del
>    Delwin D Fandrich
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