Steinway B Scale Conversion

[John Delacour]

At 4:59 pm +0200 1/4/07, Aras wrote:

>If you want to try something before ev changing the bridge, there is 
>the possibility of recalculating the string scale and move the 
>breake up to A2.
>I have seen this done once in a S&S B and the breake became very 
>smooth. I am not to judge if it is better or not. It did sound very 
>good but different.

Yes, I love the sound of breaking strings -- it brings me business. 
I don't know how long ago you saw this done but I can practically 
guarantee that at least half of those strings are now broken and the 
rest about to break.

>Here are the steel and cupper measures for the scale. The "new" 
>breake from F2 > A2 was changed to 2 strings/chore and the agraffes 
>were changed too.
>
>Attachment converted: MacMini:S&S B Bass.doc (WDBN/«IC») (00E2AEBA)

I have never seen such a wildly over-tensioned scale.  Even 
Bösendorfer can design a scale to break strings without wasting so 
much copper!  If you want a Steinway to sound like a Bösendorfer and 
have new strings every week into the bargain, this is the way to go!


JD