Bird-Cage pianos answer

[sid blum]

If you have something to teach me, Joe, I am eager and grateful to learn.
But please stop baiting me.

sb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett@earthlink.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 10:29 PM
Subject: Bird-Cage pianos answer


> So far no one has give me a purpose for the over-damper system! Our friend
> in England is partially correct, is some of his assumptions, but mostly
> incorrect about most things. Being in England, he should have more
> information than most, but doesn't appear to.
> Bird-cage pianos were made up into the 1930's! So his 20's is not
> correct.Germans made Over Strung Over Damper pianos for the most part and
> they are not any more difficult to regulate than any other overdamper
> system. His comment about the overdamper being less efficient is a step in
> the right direction of What The Purpose of The Design Was.
> As I said in my last post, I will bend your ear, (actually eyes), at a
later
> date, with a very lengthy post on B-Cages. Until then, it would be nice if
> you all would venture guesses as to the purpose of the overdamper system
> was. <G>
> Regards,
> Joe Garrett, RPT, (Oregon)
>