diff -rupN mscore-1.2.old/mscore/mscore/mscore.cpp mscore-1.2/mscore/mscore/mscore.cpp
--- mscore-1.2.old/mscore/mscore/mscore.cpp	2012-03-13 09:32:27.000000000 -0400
+++ mscore-1.2/mscore/mscore/mscore.cpp	2012-03-13 20:02:36.567600415 -0400
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ int main(int argc, char* av[])
       if (!useFactorySettings)
             preferences.read();
       else {
-            preferences.soundFont = mscoreGlobalShare+"sound/TimGM6mb.sf2";
+            preferences.soundFont = QString(INSTPREFIX "/share/soundfonts/default.sf2");
             }
       preferences.useOsc = useOsc;
       
@@ -3302,4 +3302,4 @@ void MuseScore::closeScore(Score* score)
       removeTab(scoreList.indexOf(score));
       }
       
-      
\ No newline at end of file
+      
diff -rupN mscore-1.2.old/mscore/mscore/preferences.cpp mscore-1.2/mscore/mscore/preferences.cpp
--- mscore-1.2.old/mscore/mscore/preferences.cpp	2012-03-13 09:32:27.000000000 -0400
+++ mscore-1.2/mscore/mscore/preferences.cpp	2012-03-13 20:03:29.356330044 -0400
@@ -366,12 +366,8 @@ void Preferences::read()
       playNotes       = s.value("playNotes", true).toBool();
       lPort           = s.value("lPort").toString();
       rPort           = s.value("rPort").toString();
-      defaultSoundfont = mscoreGlobalShare+"sound/TimGM6mb.sf2";
+      defaultSoundfont = QString(INSTPREFIX "/share/soundfonts/default.sf2");
       soundFont       = s.value("soundFont", defaultSoundfont).toString();
-      if (soundFont == ":/data/piano1.sf2") {
-            // silently change to new default sound font
-            soundFont = defaultSoundfont;
-            }
       showNavigator   = s.value("showNavigator", true).toBool();
       showStatusBar   = s.value("showStatusBar", true).toBool();
       showPlayPanel   = s.value("showPlayPanel", false).toBool();
diff -rupN mscore-1.2.old/mscore/share/sound/CMakeLists.txt mscore-1.2/mscore/share/sound/CMakeLists.txt
--- mscore-1.2.old/mscore/share/sound/CMakeLists.txt	2012-03-13 09:33:02.000000000 -0400
+++ mscore-1.2/mscore/share/sound/CMakeLists.txt	2012-03-13 20:04:10.708118240 -0400
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@
 
 install(FILES
       TimGM6mb.sf2
-      DESTINATION ${Mscore_SHARE_NAME}${Mscore_INSTALL_NAME}sound
+      DESTINATION ${Mscore_SHARE_NAME}/soundfonts
       )