[CAUT] Bridge root material

[Keith Roberts]

I'm redoing an upright. One of those Shimmells that is all plate and the
size of a spinet. The bridge root is oak. Now I'm curious about the
difference between maple and oak as a bridge root. Your ideas gentlemen,
please.

On another note, those pianos have no back posts. The ribs are crowned. I
was able to insatll a nicer cutoff bar and added a fish. It actually looks
more like a whale. Then I adjusted the rib scale and diaphramed the board.
If Mazzigilia had a plane that would cut the sides of the rib down, that
would be great. I like tall skinney ribs instead wide flat ones. The boom of
the board has very interesting character now. It was BOOM-uh. Now the
boom sustain is rich and has an overtone that sounds like the 12th. It leaps
into the mix a fraction of a second after the main boom. I'm having too much
fun....

Thank you guys for your great discussions, quite the learning experience.
Keith Roberts

On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Delwin D Fandrich <del at fandrichpiano.com>wrote:

>  Yes – sadly.
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> ddf
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> Delwin D Fandrich
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> Piano Design & Fabrication
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> *From:* caut-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:caut-bounces at ptg.org] *On Behalf Of *Dennis
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> *Sent:* Friday, October 01, 2010 8:36 AM
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> *To:* College and University Technicians
> *Subject:* [CAUT] Pegasus Grand CC208P
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>  Wow-
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> Have you seen these yet?
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