[CAUT] Baldwin D bridge

[Don]

Hi all,

Heintzman made a model "K" grand with this feature on the treble bridge.

At 01:49 PM 11/16/2010 -0600, you wrote:
>On 11/16/2010 1:35 PM, McCoy, Alan wrote:
>> Has anyone seen this before? These pics (not great quality, but what can
>> you expect from a phone, ;-)) are of a Baldwin D #141772. The top bridge
>> section is notched normally, with the notch parallel to the capo. The
>> mid treble bridge section is notched such that the bridge pins are in
>> line with the bridge and at an angle to the capo. Then the notching
>> returns to normal in the tenor section. What were they trying to achieve?
>
>
>Hi Alan,
>Yes, or something similar, and in pianos besides Baldwin. The idea was, 
>I think, to add some "sparkle" to a typically not terribly responsive 
>area of the soundboard by putting three different speaking lengths in 
>the unisons so they can't be tuned dead clean. I guess the tuned 
>duplexes weren't enough to save them.
>
>Ron N
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T.
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