Jim, > It just seemed odd to me that there were >'no' screws loose out of that number................ * Ok, I see. Sorry, I've spent the weekend putting in a kitchen and I'm pretty brain burned. > It is an altogether interesting plate design with screws running >completely around the perimeter with the exception of a 24" stretch in the >bass..... * Hmmmmm, how many reasons could there be for that? How does the bass sound? is the bridge on a cantilever? Did they, perchance, float the bottom of the soundboard? Check and see if the back side of the soundboard liner is attached to anything in that area. Del did this in his vertical, for better flexibility and bass response. He said it worked great. Wish I could hear one, I haven't seen any of his pianos yet. :-( >In addition to the plate design, the soundboard has cutoffs in the >top left hand and bottom right hand corners thus effectively giving a kinda >odd trapezoidal/rectangular shape to the speaking/crowned area of the board >Jim Bryant (FL) * Yep, that's impedance control. Keeps the ribs shorter and eliminates unproductive areas of the board. It's interesting to me how many of the old verticals had these. Ron N
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