[CAUT] Baldwin D bridge

[McCoy, Alan]

The action is so thoroughly trashed that assessing the sound is ...hmmm...difficult. I'd say it is mostly unremarkable and uninspiring. But like assessing any old piano, where do you assign blame!?

I kinda figured it was a feature implemented to deal with a weak area of the board. I have to admit though that tuning this was not as difficult (except for string lag throughout, but that's a different issue, and one among many :-(  ) as I had expected after seeing the bridge.

Alan


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From: Ed  Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com>
Reply-To: Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com>, CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:40:20 -0800
To: CAUTlist <caut at ptg.org>
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Baldwin D bridge

This was done on some Baldwin and also some Steinway pianos, D's that I know of. The theory was, I believe, that the inevitable out-of-tune partials would improve the sustain.
How does it sound?

Ed Sutton


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From:  McCoy, Alan <mailto:amccoy at ewu.edu>

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Subject: [CAUT] Baldwin D bridge


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?

Alan


-- Alan McCoy,  RPT
Eastern Washington University
amccoy at ewu.edu



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