The original Fandrich pianos built by Del in Washington State had grand style back checks, and they worked very well. He must have felt at the time there was an advantage of doing this way from an engineering perspective. On Sun, Jun 6, 2010 at 6:14 AM, John Delacour <JD at pianomaker.co.uk> wrote: > At 16:42 +0800 6/6/10, Bruce Browning - The Piano Tuner wrote: > > John, >> Yes, but what about upright action with "grand" checks, and uncovered, and >> slightly roughened spurs? Surely this is cost effective, as at least one >> part is then interchangeable, in the factory, between grands and uprights? >> > > I don't see the point. A grand check is far more costly than an upright, > and besides, they do different jobs -- different speeds, different radii, > different forces. I'm sure someone would have tried long ago it if it had > any chance of working. > > JD > -- Ryan Sowers, RPT Puget Sound Chapter Olympia, WA www.pianova.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20100610/e6b91750/attachment.htm>
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