Ron wrote: <We may not ever be able to make a 5' piano indistinguishable from a 9' piano, but we can almost surely make them sound obviously better than the manufacturer ever managed. Right. I am, in my own thinking, distinguishing between 5' with the entire bass hugging the rim, and 5' with some room from the rim to play with. I also used the words stiffness and restriction interchangeably, which to be clear, both in my own thinking and in communicating this stuff, is not the same thing. I am also edging closer to selectively bagging rim notches in cross grain areas where stiffness is required(ribs), but freedom of movement is desirable. (but still a bit concerned about panel cracks at the rim joint) Also, there might be a completely different approach. Since the Phoenix agraffes are designed to be used at zero bearing, the zero bearing could conceivably allow a high bass cantilever without the roll tendency???maybe??? Though in a sh-t box like Terry's victim, the point is largely hypothetical. Jim Ialeggio -- Jim Ialeggio jim at grandpianosolutions.com 978 425-9026 Shirley Center, MA
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