David wrote: <Lowering the tension in the bass artificially because the piano is smaller will just create something that is unpleasant or out of balance, in my opinion. Avoiding gnarliness can result is a bass that sounds like a rubber band. I agree, that while we start with a string scale, the design of the the whole system determines whether the "string scale" works or not. Its not just a string scale or a belly structure or an action setup, or a hammer choice but a whole interdependent system. But my question to you regarding the above quote would be, how do you know the alternative to gnarliness is rubberband-iness. There are no modern pianos that I know of, save my experiments, which have pushed the lower limits of the low tension bass scale to see what would happen. Mainly I think because the tensile strength of modern wire didn't allow the experiment. How do you know the alternative is rubberband-iness??? Jim Ialeggio -- Jim Ialeggio jim at grandpianosolutions.com 978 425-9026 Shirley Center, MA
This PTG archive page provided courtesy of Moy Piano Service, LLC