[pianotech] Worst Bass/Tenor Crossover in Universe

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Mon Jan 7 18:40:17 MST 2013


On 1/7/2013 6:29 PM, Terry Farrell wrote:
> Listen REAL close and see if you can tell where the crossover is.

Maybe it's my dinky little speakers, but I've heard worse, and plenty of 
them.



> What is the reason for the extreme nasal and weak tone of the upper
> bass? I can see that the upper bass backscale is  quite short. There
> is about a one-inch-wide cantilever on the bass bridge. But what on
> earth accounts for SUCH a horrible crossover? Is the upper bass too
> close to the rim?

What did the usual diagnostics tell you, like crown and bearing, 
plucking and such?

Ron N


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