Wally, Del, et al, I couldn't agree more with Del. My non-engineering observation is that this kind of design seems, consistently, to have more to do with getting a greater string length than it does with soundboard flexibility. In either case, the instrument is usually too short to worry about. Best. Horace At 09:49 PM 12/2/97 -0800, you wrote: > > >Gregory Torres wrote: > >> Wally: >> >> The reason the bass bridge is on a "shelf" is so it contacts the soundboard >> in a more flexible part and improves the tone (somewhat) >> >> Good luck >> Greg Torres >> >> ------------------------ > >I agree that the most common reason for placing the bass bridge (and occasionally the low end of the tenor bridge) is to >place the contact point on a more flexible part of the bridge. I disagree that this practice improves the tone. They tend to >be so flexible that they end up functioning as an energy absorber. It is a rare piano that can't better be designed without >one of these aberrations. > >-- ddf > > > > Horace Greeley Systems Analyst/Engineer Controller's Office Stanford University email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu voice mail: 650.725.9062 fax: 650.725.8014
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