Tony Caught wrote: > <snip> > > So to the nitty gritty. For the first part of the question. > > How can you improve the tone of a modern piano in the upper treble region. > > Tony Caught > acaught at internode.on.net > I completely and whole heartedly concur. Several years ago, I wanted a newer player piano - after having an antique one, that then I knew very little about and was getting too many leaks to pump. I hated the way it sounded and sounded NOTHING like the antique one. Now, not that I'm well versed in piano construction, but, to me, to get the same tone - you would have to start all over. - The wood the piano was built with is not the same - my antique player is - all - walnut. - The soundboard is most likely made of different wood. http://www.pianobuilders.com/soundboards.html - The plate is most likely not the same chemical makeup of iron. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_iron Iron <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron> (Fe) accounts for more than 95% by weight (wt% <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wt%25>) of the alloy material, while the main alloying elements are carbon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon> (C) and silicon <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon> (Si). - The strings - mine still has all its original steel strings - not copper - again, the steel is probably not the same chemical makeup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_wire So, now to answer you question, you most likely are going to have to checkout the kind of wood for the soundboard, the chemical makeup of the plate and the chemical makeup of the steel strings. -- Duaine Hechler Piano, Player Piano, Pump Organ Tuning, Servicing & Rebuilding Reed Organ Society Member Florissant, MO 63034 (314) 838-5587 dahechler at att.net www.hechlerpianoandorgan.com -- Home & Business user of Linux - 10 years
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