Unstringable C8, was Steinway 78183

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The Capo de' astro bar is in the wrong position, it must be moved closer to
strike point, its not the cap or the bridge unless they have been altered as
well....
tm
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Bartlett" <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: Unstringable C8, was Steinway 78183


> 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
> >
> >
> >