In a message dated 9/06/1999 2:33:26 PM, baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca writes: << The Steinway I that I'm working on has a very solid cut off bar in the lower treble end, plus the cut off section is filled with 2" thick hardwood. The whole back assembly is the most solid that I've seen on a vertical. Laminated oak vertical beams (3ply). >> Roger; Yep, this one also. After your post, out of curiosity, I measured for square inches of active board and cut off sections.............. Total area of possible space usable for the board is 2,413 Sq Inches. Of this possible total there is 310.75 sq inches taken away by the cutoffs leaving a total active area for the board of 2,102.25 sq inches.....so almost 13% of the total possible area for board use is taken up by non-speaking cutoffs! (distributed 93.75 in the top left hand corner and 217 in the bottom right hand corner.) This little thingee sounded really good before I started working so it certainly is a good advertisement for judicious use of board limiting designs :-) And Ron, <<"How does the bass sound?">> Kinda flat right now :-)........it sounded rerally gooder before I took the strings off...actually it is the reason I decided to rebuild this thingee rather than just repair/refurbish it, a good sounding bass that is. <<"is the bridge on a cantilever?">> Yep, 3 inch offset straight bridge. <<" Did they, perchance, float the bottom of the soundboard?">> Nope. <<" Check and see if the back side of the soundboard liner is attached to anything in that area." Yep, 3 inch piece of oak with 6 screws in the board in between the 7 plate bolts that go in that area :-) Jim Bryant (FL)
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