On zaterdag, apr 26, 2003, at 05:04 Europe/Amsterdam, Ron Overs wrote: > On the other hand, we don't need half a football field of sound board > acreage from C52 to the rim as some makers seem to think. Big is not > necessarily better. Bigger might be better for the low bass up to a > point, but the sound board area adjacent to the bridge should > gradually decrease as we go from bass to high treble. A sound board > without a cut-off completely flies in the face of good piano design, > even if it is only a short piano. A slab of spruce attached to the > sound board panel across the bass end corner but not the back beams is > not a proper cut-off. This is merely the 'Claytons cut-off' which we > see too often amongst the commercial outpourings of makers who should > know better. Maybe they do know better but just don't care? Maybe I > don't know what I'm talking about? We just have to keep thinking about > it as we get older. Answers will appear by and by. > > Best, > Ron O. > Hi, I have been in this business for some time and I have never - really - understood the workings of the cut off bar. What I do remember however is the older Uebel & Lechleiter uprights without cut off bar, that sounded impressively nice, with the emphasis on mellowness and lower partial characteristics. A. Oorebeek, The Netherlands see my website at : www.concertpianoservice.nl
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