At 18:19 3/1/2004 -0500, you wrote: >One of our piano faculty is practicing a George Crumm piece that requires >her to strum and pluck strings, and dampen half way with her fingers. She >asked me if I could remove the cross beam so she can get to the strings >easier. She said a friend of hers does this kind of music a lot, and >remove this bar herself. > >Has anyone ever done this? Yup. Went to stop a rattle. Figgered that if it's rattling, it ain't tight. If it ain't tight, removing it won't affect anything. >What effect does it have on stability, tuning, stress loads, etc.? If it >doesn't have any effect, Occasionally, it may have some benefit. If you loosen the screws and it doesn't just lift right out, don't force the issue. It might actually be doing something. Leave it be. In other words, YMMV!! >why is it there? Another $&$ Tradition. Vestigial. Conrad Hoffsommer, RPT, MPT, CCT, PFP, ACS. Decorah, IA - Certified Calibration Technician for Bio-powered Digitally Activated Lever Action Tone Generation Systems. - Pianotech Flamesuit Purveyor - American Curmudgeon Society - Apprentice Member and Founder
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