seeking clarity, was relevance of bridge pin spacing

[Richard Brekne]

Being far from the expert here... I just wanted to throw in a couple 
bits.... first is your question leaves me a bit confused as to what you 
are actually asking. If you change your front pin positions for reasons 
like avoiding interference between neighboring bridge pin sets... how 
can you avoid not altering the scale ? Speaking length changes yes... 
perhaps this is not what you were saying... ?


    In my case both front and rear pin positions would be shifted from
    their
    position on the original bridge.  Maybe in Frank and Ron's case the
    hitch
    pins have not been positioned yet? Am I missing something?

Just a quick comment about the Hamburg Steinway changes.  Besides the 
string length changes mentioned... they have also gone to a more U 
shaped capo profile, which is hardened far more then in earlier years... 
and is specified as 0.7 mm wide now instead of a 0.5 mm V profile.

Their decision to go to a shorter C88 length may have been prompted by a 
desire to harden the capo.  ??



    Gene

Cheers
RicB