88 note pianos -Reply

[Barbara E. Richmond]

At 03:11 PM 3/12/96 -0700, you wrote:
>>I think it has more to do with extending the *bridge* further,
>which>moves those lower adjacent strings away from the end of
>the bridge and>rim, thereby giving those strings a more resonant
>area of the>soundboard.
>>vince mrykalo  rpt
>Interesting concept, Vince.  Notes being added to increase tonal
>properties of existing notes rather than notes being taken away
>for whatever reason.
>Keith McGavern, RPT kam544@ionet.net
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>To add to Vince's comment, I was taught that the top three notes
>were important in order to extend the bridge and put a load on it.
>Having a loaded bridge that extended beyond A7 made A7 a
>better sounding note.  Didn't someone do that on the bass
>end-add a string or two that could be tuned, but no hammers to
>play them.  They were there only to extend the loaded portion of
>the bridge.
>
>Jack            jack_reeves@byu.edu


Yes, Kawai did that on the US-75 (I think that's the number) model upright.

Barbara Richmond, RPT
Palestine, Texas