seeking clarity, was relevance of bridge pin spacing

[Gene Nelson]

> 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... ?

My intent is to correct the original scale to as close to my ideal scale as 
possible. I can accomplish this by altering the original bridge pin spacing 
to get the fudge room to change the speaking length. I am hopeful that there 
are no conflicts with front bridge pins as part of this layout work - I will 
not know about this until I put the plate back in and start looking at how 
everything fits the new cap. On the original bridge there was quite a bit of 
variation of speaking lengths and I can correct this from note 58 to 88 by 
changing the original bridge pin spacing. So my priority will be speaking 
lengths and any variation will be due to conflict with neighboring bridge 
pins. Any notes lower than 58 will not conform to my ideal scale no matter 
how I alter bridge pin spacing.
Gene
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Brekne" <ricb at pianostemmer.no>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2008 12:48 PM
Subject: seeking clarity, was relevance of bridge pin spacing


> 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
>
>