The radius I shot for was the radius that looked good 😀. I'd say there's less than a mm at the tip and I left a hint of the old string marks. Not sure if that's all that much of an issue or not. (I'll try to measure the angle to see what it comes out to).
I probably increased the speaking lengths by a tad less than a mm. No plans to alter the scale. I suspect (and hope) that this one little mod is going to.open up the treble quite dramatically. It has always been choked, hard to tune, and not very stable compared to the rest of the piano. In all actuality I think strike point will improve in the high treble, but since I'm doing hammers too I can deal with that. (Vee hof vays off dealing vis daht).
I'll talk about the hammer situation later.
Edit: Stupidly I did not take a picture of the treble wires but they have a very strong "crease" and indentation in them where they exited into the speaking length. No wonder it didn't tune easily! And still a wonder that they weren't snapping right and left.
Peter Grey Piano Doctor
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-06-2022 08:00
From: Jon Page
Subject: Bosendorfer V bar
Looks a lot better. What radius did you shoot for?
How much will it increase the speaking length?
Will you need to rescale?
Strike point might be an issue up top.
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Jon Page
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-06-2022 07:50
From: Peter Grey
Subject: Bosendorfer V bar
Jon
It's a scratch...but I thought the same thing when I saw it in the photo. Checked for integrity...all good.
I'm pretty happy with the way it came out. Comments welcome.
Peter Grey Piano Doctor
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Peter Grey
Stratham NH
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pianodoctor57@gmail.com
Original Message:
Sent: 09-06-2022 07:37
From: Jon Page
Subject: Bosendorfer V bar
In the second photo, there is a crack developing to the right of the fourth wire from the left. Or is it just in the outer finish.
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Jon Page
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Original Message:
Sent: 09-05-2022 10:42
From: Peter Grey
Subject: Bosendorfer V bar
Check out this V bar from a Bosendorfer 225. I'm surprised more strings weren't breaking considering the way this thing was shaped. Actually quite surprised overall.
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Peter Grey
Stratham NH
(603) 686-2395
pianodoctor57@gmail.com
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