Hi Terry I've enjoyed these pictures again and the discussion of engineering of course but where is this piano now and more importantly....what does it sound like? Who plays it? I don't care how subjective the words you may use to describe it are, or may seem to some, but I'd like to know. Any recordings? I don't know what year this M&H is but I have heard original ones that had a very well made rib scale with more smaller ribs in the top treble and 17 ribs total. 17 ribs is the same number as a stock D so it had sufficient mass and stiffness from the original design to support crown and drive tone. Not only that but the 1905 I heard.... sounded stellar, old strings and all. Amazing sonorous sustain and a balanced scale thru out. Honestly....I would have been hard pressed to think that in this case the design could have been improved substantially. So I'm curious about all this as I have a Gorgeous Victorian Hardman upright that Carl Meyer gave me before he died and that I will rebuild at some point Just my thoughts on it. Dale Dale Erwin... RPT Mason & Hamlin/Steinway/U.S pianos www.Erwinspiano.com 209-577-8397 -----Original Message----- From: Terry Farrell <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> To: pianotech <pianotech at ptg.org> Sent: Fri, May 18, 2012 3:57 am Subject: Re: [pianotech] S&S K(52) Restoration Thanks Dean. I may have gotten a little gray, but I can still get real aggressive......... Mmmmmmm, hard maple splinters with hide glue sauce! Terry Farrell On May 17, 2012, at 10:22 PM, Dean May wrote: Nice to have you back, Terry. I missedyour cool pictures. You are looking a little grayer around the muzzle there… -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120521/1632dc8f/attachment-0001.htm> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: image/jpg Size: 53780 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20120521/1632dc8f/attachment-0001.jpg>
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