Klarinet Archive - Posting 000551.txt from 1998/11

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Oh frabjous day!!
Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1998 22:15:34 -0500

At 02:01 PM 11/15/98 -1300, Dan Leeson wrote:
>In the note in which I made that statement, I gave a very detailed
>example of the rationale underlying my thinking. Specifically, I cited
>the fact that the strings on a Mozart piano are straight whereas, on
>the modern grand, they are crossed. That is a specific acoustical reason
>why the instruments sound differently. If you will look up my original
>note in sneezy, you'll find that I said a good deal more than just this.
>
Not to mention that pianos of that era did not have cast iron frames and
therefore could not be strung to anywhere NEAR the same tension modern
pianos use. By the way, just to confuse the issue, I have seen an 18xx
Steinway (it is on display in the Midland (MI) Center for the Performing
Arts) that DOES have a cast iron frame, but is strung straight!

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