Front termination pointsŠsorry! That's what I meant to say. Paul On 11/30/12 2:57 PM, "Terry Farrell" <mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com> wrote: >> and they don't render well either > >Darn. I hope some Protek has some beneficial effect because this thing is >horrible. Very frustrating because the darn thing actually seems to be >relatively free of false beats. Now the cruddy string rendering is going >to cause real beats! :-( > >Is this the first piano Baldwin used this forward termination gizmo in? >Is the bar where the strings terminate under the capo a single complete >unit with the bar the strings go over between the capo and tunings pins >(two bars connected together)? If so, then this two-bar unit detaches >from the cast iron capo bar - correct? Is it screwed or anything to the >capo (i.e. how is it attached to the capo bar)? > >Terry Farrell > >On Nov 30, 2012, at 3:08 PM, Ron Nossaman wrote: > >> On 11/30/2012 1:42 PM, Encore Pianos wrote: >> >>> >>> It certainly seems like a precursor to the SD-10, sharing the vertical >>> hitch pins and front treble termination bars (the difference being that >>> your D has a the termination bars as a single piece filling the whole >>> treble section, the SD-10 has the individual bars that can be adjusted >>> forward or back). >> >> There's no adjustment. The SD-10 termination pieces mount where the >>holes are drilled and tapped in the plate. >> >> >>> But the function is essentially the same between the two. >> >> It is - noisy usually. I tune a couple of the old system like Terry's >>photo, and they don't render well either. I'd love to rebuild one of >>these, as I have a couple of mildly questionable ideas for improvements. >> >> Ron N > >
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